Let’s get a jumpstart on spring 2026 with a beautiful trail along the Chattahoochee!

Join us on our first metro-area walk this year along the upper Chattahoochee River in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area’s Gold Branch unit, which hosts 7 miles of trails through high value forests that luckily harbor few invasive species. Trout Lilies, Touthworts and a few of our earliest spring ephemerals are beginning to show in our rich forests. 

We’ll hike about 2.5 to 3 miles on well-traveled natural trails through a forest that changes character as we turn from one slope to the next, and descend from ridge to riverbank. There are a number of moderate hills, and the trail is rocky in some places. We’ll be rewarded with a remarkably intact forest of native trees, including slopes with large Beech trees, and a few indicator species should be visible, such as the native Cranefly orchid and Hepatica. With leaves off the trees, we’ll have sweeping ridgetop views of the Chattahoochee River. As always, we’ll discuss interesting forest details we’ll find along our path.

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