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All Out Nature

and the treetop canopy tour with three sky
bridges and four zip lines, and then zip back
to Columbus from Alabama to Georgia.
It is the only dual zip line in the U.S. that
connects two states.
Leave the rapids behind and rent a paddle
board to explore the Chattahoochee’s
flatwater stretches. Instructors can assist
you. There are even paddle board yoga
classes! That’s chill.
Offroad cyclists are stoked. Check out the
Standing Boy Trails in northwest Columbus
for hiking and biking trails, some shared,
others not, ranging from easy paths with Cycling on the RiverWalk
gentle climbs and descents to steep slopes,
unavoidable obstacles, narrow squeezes,
bermed turns, large rollers, jumps, and other wetlands, detours into the Audubon Bird
terrain variations. Garden, and leads down to the serenity of
Cyclists who prefer maintained Wrens Pond. The accessible trail is ideal for
pathways can roll along the paved 15-mile strollers, wheelchairs and walkers.
Chattahoochee RiverWalk which follows the Birders also can trek down Oxbow
banks of the river through cityscapes and Meadows’ Wetland Trails to docks
naturescapes. From the RiverWalk, extend overlooking ponds and wetland environments.
your ride on the 11-mile Fall Line Trace Don’t recognize a bird? Check out
rails-to-trails path which, combined, is the allaboutbirds.org and when you recognize the
expansive local trail system known as The birds you see or hear, it’s like meeting a friend
Dragonfly Trail. You’re earning your wings! in a crowd.
The Chattahoochee RiverWalk is also a While you are trailblazing, add the one-mile
great place to go geocaching! Download JoAnn Holt Walking Trail at the Columbus
a RiverWalk GeoTour grid sheet from Botanical Garden. Hear and see songbirds
VisitColumbusGA.com, register to indigenous to this area, or that are passing
geocache at geocaching.com, find the through, among the trees in the mixed
GPS coordinates for the RiverWalk caches, hardwood forest.
grab your GPS unit and starting hunting. With admission to the Botanical Garden,
When you find a cache, log your name in guests can wander from a mile-long nature
the logbook inside the container and fill in trail to a scenic Rose Garden. See the
your grid sheet with the letter unique to that extensive Camellia collection and an herb
cache, also located inside the container. and cottage garden. Look for the perennial
Away from the city’s heartbeat, fresh wildflower collection, the pollinator garden
air enthusiasts can follow the trails at and ginkgo shade garden.
Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning From birders to bikers, whitewater kayakers
Center. The one-mile paved trail down to to wine enthusiasts enjoying the river
Wrens Pond is a scenic walk that overlooks overlooks, Columbus is all out Nature.
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