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to walk, run, and ride through the The Dick Lane Velodrome (DLV) Mountain National Battlefield Park
city. The Eastside Trail remains in East Point makes possible features an extensive trail system
especially popular, connecting a different type of cycling and sweeping views from the
Midtown, Poncey-Highland, and experience, track cycling. summit. Along the Chattahoochee,
the Old Fourth Ward. Beyond One of 22 active velodromes the East Palisades Trail rewards
the urban core, Alpharetta’s Big (informally called “tracks”) in hikers with rocky paths and
Creek Greenway provides miles the country, the DLV is a dramatic river overlooks.
of paved trail winding through 1/5-mile track with a max Davidson-Arabia Mountain
wooded surroundings – and banking of 36 degrees in the
connects to inner and outer turns. Cycling leagues and Nature Preserve in DeKalb County A T
Alpha Loop trails that connect racing series make the track offers a completely different L
downtown Alpharetta with fun for riders and spectators. experience, with expansive AN
the Avalon development and granite outcrops, open meadows,
beyond. Cochran Shoals along Hiking and seasonal wildflowers. T A
the Chattahoochee River in Hikers can choose from a wide
Sandy Springs offers scenic range of terrain without straying Golf and Disc Golf ME
riverfront paths. outside metro Atlanta. Kennesaw Traditional golfers have T
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access to well-regarded O
courses such as North Fulton
Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, Lithonia
Golf Course at Chastain Park
and the Stone Mountain Golf
Club, where fairways frame
views of the mountain and
lake. Disc golf continues to
grow in popularity across the
region, with accessible
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