The trail follows the creek on down to the banks of the Chattahoochee River. There is paved parking lot at the trailhead. The "Bob Callan" section of the trail offers few, if any, viable locations for a regular cache and the CNRA, where caches are not allowed, begins a short distance from the cache location so we decided to make this one of the "streak extender" series. The cache is located only about 850 feet from the parking lot so it is a short easy hike. GPS accuracy is poor in this area so use the hint if needed. The cache is a cammo'ed pill bottle located off the ground and contains only the log so bring your own pencil. Note: The caches along the Bob Callan/Rottenwood Creek Trail and the Akers Mill Trail are best accessed by foot or bicycle from parking lots located at the north end of the Bob Callan/Rottenwood Creek Trail or the Chattahoochee River National Recreational Area Cochran Shoals at Eugene Gunby Road. The CRNRA Cochran Shoals parking lot has a $3.00 daily parking fee. Round trip distance for all caches along the route from either parking lot is about 2 1/4 miles.Just across the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Vinings is Cobb County’s only ITP neighborhood, adjacent to Buckhead and a 10-mile drive northwest of downtown. Named after the railroad engineer William H. Vining, the unincorporated area’s proximity to train lines and the river made it a transit hub and base camp for General Sherman in the 19th century. Today the community of 9,700 feels like a woodsy retreat with a growing retail and restaurant scene. “You’re in Atlanta, but you feel like you’re in the mountains,” says photographer and jewelry maker Mary Kelly Clary, who grew up in the neighborhood and recently moved back. “We love having the river right across the street.”Ĭlary says many of her 30-something friends have moved back to the neighborhood with their young families for the quiet, spacious environment and to be near their parents, who are staying put for the Cobb County tax break for senior citizens. Photograph by LuAnne DeMeoĪfter the river rose more than 28 feet during Hurricane Ida in 2009, builders moved home construction above the floodplain. Clary says the stacked gray-shingled houses remind her of High Country architecture. Other residences range from single-family homes to apartments on Paces Ferry Road. Three decades before developing Krog Street Market, Paces Properties built Vinings Jubilee, a little village of shops and restaurants known to locals as “downtown Vinings.” Clary’s favorites: Sandpiper, where you can find designer labels like Diane von Furstenberg, and home and garden boutique Willow Green.Ĭlary’s dining picks are Canoe, which has been serving seafood from a picturesque riverside perch for 20 years, and the newer Paces & Vine, with upscale comfort food and an extensive bar.
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