CHECKING OUT PATH TRAILS

Here are four PATH trails worth exploring. To read more about the more than dozen PATH trails in metro Atlanta, go to https:// pathfoundation.org/trails. Arabia Mountain Trail

How to get there: From I-285 and I-20 East, go east on I-20 to the Evans Mill Road exit. Turn right on Evans Mill Road. Go straight through the light at Mall Parkway onto Woodrow Road. Woodrow Road will deadend into Klondike Road. Turn right on Klondike Road. There is a trailhead on the left less than one-quarter mile and on the right at 1.25 miles.

About the trail: Featuring 7,000 acres of greenspace southeast of Atlanta, the Arabia Mountain PATH network meanders through rock outcroppings, colorful wildflower fields, rushing streams, and towering pines as it makes its way from the Mall at Stonecrest into Panola Mountain State Park and beyond. The trail system is over 33 miles long, and plans are underway to extend the trails. Silver Comet Trail How to get there: Exit from I-285 at South Cobb Drive northbound. Follow South Cobb Drive to Cooper’s Lake Road, where you turn left. Continue less than a mile and turn left onto Mavell Road. Mavell Road dead-ends into the parking area for the trail. About the trail: Imagine gliding along on your bike through the

North Georgia countryside, crossing a 500-foot-long trestle over a rushing river below, winding between rock cliffs and weaving among tall, stately pines. The Silver Comet Trail is about 62 miles long and starts at the Mavell Road Trailhead in Smyrna. South Peachtree Creek Trail

How to enter: Take I-85 to Clairmont Road then go south to McConnell Drive. Then go left on McConnell Drive to parking at Mason Mill Tennis Center.

About the trail: The South Peachtree Creek Trail meanders through Mason Mill Park as a boardwalk along the banks of the creek. Take a scenic, leisurely walk along this trail that connects the ballfields and parking area at Medlock Park to the historic Decatur Waterworks and the Tennis Center at Mason Mill Park. PATH 400 Trail How to get there: The PATH 400 trail begins at Lenox Road and Piedmont Road, across from South of the Border Mexican Restaurant.

About the trail: PATH is partnering with Livable Buckhead and the Buckhead CID and GDOT to build a trail from the Atlanta Beltline to I-285 and beyond. The first segment is open between Lenox Road near Piedmont Road to Old Ivy Road. Note: There is currently no public parking specifically for the trail. SOURCE: PATH Foundation