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This is a paved path around Heritage Park along the Etowah River. Accessibility: There are 2 designated accessible spaces in the paved parking lot off of Riverstone Parkway at the east end of the trail. Both of them are van-accessible with striped access aisles. The trail surface is paved concrete, smooth, and typically at least 10 feet wide. The estimated grade is flat (1% or less). This trail will likely be navigable for most trail goers using wheelchairs/mobility equipment or strollers.

The Trace, or White, trail, is a point-to-point trail. From its beginning at the Boling Park trailhead to its termination at the bridge at Jug Creek the trail travels approximately four miles. The first two miles, between Boling Park and the New Hightower church, are relatively flat and heavily travelled. Clear cut operations conducted on CCWSA property in the vicinity of the church have made the beginning of the second half of the trail harder to spot. The first hundred yards past the...

The Trace Trail, the white-blazed portion of the trail, starts at the Boling Park Trailhead, at the rear of Boling Park. At 0.66 miles the Trace trail crosses the Frank Stone memorial bridge. Immediately after crossing the bridge the Yellow trail (trailhead post with Yellow blaze) begins. The Yellow trail, a point-to-point trail, makes a one mile, slow uphill climb to its intersection with the Purple trail. Along the way the Yellow trail follows a couple of beautiful meandering streams,...

The trail begins at the Trace, or White, trailhead at the rear of Boling Park. If you reach the Frank Stone memorial bridge - a large footbridge built by Boy Scout Troop 241, you've gone too far. Turn around at that point, and either follow the same path back to the trailhead, or turn right (after you've turned around) at the next opening into the meadow. The meadow trail will return you to the cinder track, which will return you to the Boling park parking lot.