Ride the New Rails on the Silver Comet

What: Riding Bikes, Walking, Rollerblading
Where: The Silver Comet Trail
When: Anytime
Cost: Free (if you already have your bike or blades)

This past weekend we took the boys to the Silver Comet Trail to ride bikes. The Silver Comet Trail is located 13 miles northwest of Atlanta. It’s free of charge, and travels west through Cobb, Paulding, and Polk counties. This quiet, non-motorized trail is for walkers, hikers, bicyclists, rollerbladers, dog walkers, and is wheelchair accessible.

The Trail is over 61 miles long, and starts near Mavell Road in Smyrna, Georgia. It ends at the Georgia/Alabama state line, near Cedartown and Esom.

At the Georgia/Alabama state line, the Silver Comet connects to the 33-mile long Chief Ladiga Trail. Both the Silver Comet Trail and Chief Ladiga are fully paved rail-trails built on abandoned railroad lines. The combined Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga trail length is estimated to be over 100 paved miles from Smyrna, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama.

We went to the Floyd Road trail head because they have a bike rental shop. There is ample free parking and the ride is wooded providing shade from the sun. If you go south, you’ll hit a covered bridge and a couple of other bridges that take you over the highway, which is kinda fun.