HIKE: CRNA HIKE AT COLUMNS DRIVE/INTERSTATE NORTH/COCKRAN SHOALS AND SOPE CREEK

This will be a little bit longer local hike.

We'll meet at the Columns Drive Parking lot (VERY CROWDED...ARRIVE EARLY) and hike up columns drive and loop through interstate north to Cockran Shoals to Sope Creek and back a different route. We'll get in 7-8+ miles in 3 hrs. This is relatively flat with some mild inclines. The route will be tailored to be 3 hours.... hiking at 2.5 miles/hour

We will meet at the parking area on Columns Drive (2.5 miles off Johnson Ferry Road) at the north end of the Cochran Shoals unit. There are restrooms available. We will meet by the gate entrance to the gravel path just past the restrooms. Trail starts on the gravel fitness part then we will go into the woods, around a lake, up to the Sope Creek parking area, and return via a different route.

How to Get There:

Depending on where you are coming from there are various ways to get here.

Take I-285 to Riverside Drive - Exit 24.

Travel north for 2.4 miles to Johnson Ferry Road.

Turn left (north), crossing the Chattahoochee River past the CRNRA Johnson Ferry Unit. Turn left onto Columns Drive and travel 2.5 miles and go straight into the parking lot.

$5 parking daily pass is needed, unless you have an annual Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area. Parking is always full here...come early to wait for a spot.

If you have any questions please email/call/text Barbara at dr_barbara@bellsouth.net or 678-438-5593

Make sure you bring plenty of water and a snack if you need it.

For more info contact Barbara at 678-438-5593 or dr_barbara@bellsouth.net

DOGS: ON A LEASE....TAKE THE DOG OFF THE LEASE AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO LEAVE THE HIKE AND GO OFF ON YOUR OWN.