For the next post in my Atlanta running trail mapping project, I will cover Chastain Park. Chastain Park has a nice, mostly concrete running trail around the perimeter of the golf course. In places it is not clearly marked, leaving you wondering which way to go, but it is roughly 3 miles total. There are …

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One of my favorite places to run is Cochran Shoals. (Commonly called “The River”.)  This is a beautiful 5k loop that follows the Chattahoochee river. It is wide, well marked and scenic. There are two parking areas, one off of Interstate Parkway North on the south side of the park and another off of Columns …

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I have scoured the net looking for a good repository of running trail maps around Atlanta and have come up short. There is no good resource for running trail maps – you could use www.mapmyrun.com, but it is diluted with running routes that leave from a person’s front door. I need a resource for actual …

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