ATLnature is your guide to Atlanta's trails and other rad nature stuff in the city. Live in the city but miss hiking on the weekends? Don’t have time (or a car!) for a trip to north Georgia? Did you know there are over 30 nature trails inside the perimeter of 285 alone?

Day Trips

Georgia

Athens

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Oconee Forest Park

Oconee Forest Park

Sandy Creek Park

Sandy Creek Park

Trail Creek Park

Trail Creek Park

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

State Botanical Garden of Georgia

Ellijay

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Carters Lake: Tumbling Waters Nature Trail

Carters Lake: Tumbling Waters Nature Trail

Carters Lake: Hidden Pond Songbird Trail

Carters Lake: Hidden Pond Songbird Trail

Fort Mountain State Park

Fort Mountain State Park

Harris County

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F.D. Roosevelt State Park and Pine Mountain Trail

F.D. Roosevelt State Park and Pine Mountain Trail

Callaway Gardens

Callaway Gardens

Helen

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Smithgall Woods

Smithgall Woods

Unicoi State Park

Unicoi State Park

Dukes Creek Falls

Dukes Creek Falls

Miscellaneous Georgia

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Providence Canyon State Park

Providence Canyon State Park

Amicalola Falls State Park

Amicalola Falls State Park

Cloudland Canyon State Park

Cloudland Canyon State Park

Watson Mill Bridge State Park

Watson Mill Bridge State Park

Richard B. Russell State Park

Richard B. Russell State Park

Alabama

Auburn-Opelika

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Spring Villa Park

Spring Villa Park

Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve and Siddique Nature Park

Opelika Wood Duck Heritage Preserve and Siddique Nature Park

Kiesel Park

Chewacla State Park

Chewacla State Park

Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve

Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve

Town Creek Park

Town Creek Park

Lake Wilmore Park

Lake Wilmore Park

Davis Arboretum

Davis Arboretum

Birmingham

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Avondale Park

Vulcan Trail

Railroad Park

Huntsville

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Wade Mountain Nature Preserve

Wade Mountain Nature Preserve

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Miscellaneous Alabama

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Little River Canyon Falls Park

Little River Canyon Falls Park

Cherokee Rock Village

Cherokee Rock Village

Tuskegee National Forest

Tuskegee National Forest

Lake Martin Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trail

Lake Martin Cherokee Ridge Alpine Trail

Tennessee

Chattanooga

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Lookout Mountain: Point Park to Sunset Rock

Lookout Mountain: Point Park to Sunset Rock

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

North Carolina

Waynesville

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Richland Balsam Trail

Richland Balsam Trail