Date: Saturday Sep 28 2019
Carpool Time: 7:30 AM at Intown Community Church
Cost: $20
Hiking distance: 6.5 miles
Trail surfaces: mostly Asphalt, Concrete
Difficulty: D2
Hike Leader: Rony
Urban walking Trail
The Chattahoochee Riverwalk in Columbus, skirts the banks of the Chattahoochee River, which follows the border between Georgia and Alabama. The meandering and hilly paved pathway links the quaint cotton mill village of Bibb City, downtown Columbus, and the drill fields at Fort Benning.
The Chattahoochee River originates in the mountains of north Georgia and flows to the Florida Panhandle. Steamboats loaded with cotton plied the river through Columbus in the 1800s and commerce depended on the river with the arrival of the railroad and other means of transportation.
Navigate the shores of the river on the Chattahoochee Riverwalk by foot, you will skirt the cityscape, examine historic monuments and markers, and take in the wild beauty of the rolling river and native wildlife. This linear park spans the riverfront from the Lake Oliver city marina south to the National Infantry Museum.
The relationship between Columbus and the Chattahoochee predates written history. Spanish explorers told about the falls nearby. The Native Americans’ most extensive trading center was here.
To bring
Backpack
Snacks/Packed lunch
Water / Sports drink (1.5 liters)
Sneakers/ good tennis shoes
Hat
Sunglasses
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