The trail itself is paved with a sturdy porous concrete designed to allow rainfall to filter through to the ground.Īnother one-mile addition to the Bob Callan/Rottenwood Creek Trail is planned to extend further northward to Terrell Mill Road. Starting at the Bob Callan Trailhead located at Interstate North Parkway and Cumberland Boulevard, pedestrians and cyclists will find six new boardwalk sections, a steel truss bridge spanning a creek tributary, a viewing overlook and resting areas with benches at trail access points. Menefee continued, “The Bob Callan Trail highlights all of Cumberland CID’s primary goals: improving connectivity, creating beautiful multi-modal environments, enhancing recreational areas and greenspace, and supporting integrated transportation solutions to further connect the district throughout the region.” It gives those who live, work and visit in the Cumberland area access to an amazing natural space with biking, hiking and recreational amenities within an otherwise urban environment,” said Kim Menefee – executive director, Cumberland CID. “We are thrilled to officially open the Bob Callan Trail extension to the public. The Cumberland trail network connects to the Silver Comet Trail, Mountain-To-River Trail, Noonday Creek Trail and, once fully built out, will connect to the Atlanta BeltLine, among others. The Bob Callan Trail is part of a 60-mile network of multi-use trails that are existing, under development and planned in and around the Cumberland area, with 38 miles already constructed by the CID and area partners. The multi-use pathway connects 32 million square feet of Cumberland commercial space to 840 acres of national parkland. The Bob Callan Trail, now totaling three miles, is a pristine connection to national parkland at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA), and the completed sections will span from the CRNRA Palisades – Paces Mill Trailhead to south of Windy Hill Road. The new multi-use pathway will extend the trail north ending short of Windy Hill Road, following along the Rottenwood Creek. Time: 1.The multi-use Bob Callan Trail will connect millions of square feet of Cumberland commercial space to 840 acres of national parklandĬumberland Community Improvement District (CID), in partnership with the Atlanta Regional Commission, Cobb County and the Georgia Department of Transportation, will open the one-mile extension of the Bob Callan Trail in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 25, 2019, at 10 a.m. The Rottenwood Creek Multi-Use Trail is located within the Palisades Unit of Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. It is a paved trail open to hikers, joggers, and bikers that runs from the Paces Mill parking lot to the boundary of the park near I-285. The trail starts off following the Chattahoochee River, then turns left just after passing under the I-75 bridge and follows Rottenwood Creek. The paved trail actually continues out of the park under the name of the Bob Callan Trail, and it connects with many other trails that form a network around the city. However, National Park Planner only reviews trails on park property, so this discussion ends where the Callan Trail begins. The trail is mainly used by joggers, mothers with baby strollers, and people wanting to take a walk without getting their feet dirty on the earthen hiking trails. However, being paved and a favorite of mothers with strollers does not mean this trail is easy. Rottenwood Creek headwaters in the Marietta, Georgia area just north of Atlanta. While along the Chattahoochee River the trail is flat, but once it begins following Rottenwood Creek it starts to get hilly, particularly from around the one mile point until it ends. It flows south through urban habitat and enters a nice gorge just before.
Grades average 8% to 9%, with some short sections hitting near 15%, which is where strenuous hiking begins (a grade of 5% is wheelchair accessible). This isn’t too bad for those walking, but for the casual biker this may mean getting off and pushing.
There’s no shame in it, and I had to do this on two of the three hills on the way out (there are more uphills than downhills on the way out, and vice versa on the way back).
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