Our Local Trails Are Underwater In Atlanta
I don’t know if you guys have seen it on the news yet, but our local trails (and most of the northern part of the state) are under water. The massive amount of sudden rain that we received over the weekend flooded every waterway we have in Atlanta and the surrounding areas to the point that they were overflowing the highways. Most of our local trail systems are located next to rivers and lakes as those are prime areas for recreational outdoor activities. The result is that most of our trails are now several feet underwater until everything calms down. The following pictures were taken at Blankets Creek in Woodstock, GA (via Sorba Woodstock’s Blog) where Lake Allatoona completely overflowed into the trail system and highway 575.
UPDATE: The Corp of Engineers have released their latest projections. They are now estimating the lake to be at 857 ft! Where it 857 feet? I’ll give you an idea. The “clearing” at the Dwelling intersection will be underwater by 3-4 feet. Water will be to the ladder bridge at the VMT entrance above the big rock. We may see water backed up all the way to the parking lot.
Hold on tight folks. We expect the trail to be closed for probably a month.
Needless to say…we are going to have a lot of work parties in the near future as we attempt to recreate the trails that are left in a mess from the floods.
It is really crazy to see how much water can create devastating results across the state to homes and other structures. Estimated damages at this time is in the 250 million dollar range with at least 9 deaths directly related to the flooding.
Looks like the road bike is going to get a lot of use as we prepare to rebuild our local trail systems.

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9:37 am
Trails are damp but are not underwater out here in AL. Time for you ATL folks to make that road trip west.
Huntsville Fat Tire Fest is next weekend (Oct 3-4) – see SORBA Huntsville site for registration info. http://sorbahuntsville.org/site/index.php?optio...
10:37 am
We are planning on making the trip over. WFO in hand.
10:55 am
Wow… I figured BC would be underwater, but I didn't think Blankets would be as bad as the pictures. Yes, time to start spinning on the road bike again.
Alabama is great and close, and so is Raccoon in Chattanooga!
8:33 am
Trail crew leaders are doing a damage assessment of Blankets Creek tomorrow and repairs will be done Oct 3 and 4. Here is the cleanup schedule for the public:
Saturday -10/3 from 9am to 1pm
Saturday – 10/3 from 2pm to 6pm
Sunday – 10/4 from 9am to 1pm
Sunday – 10/4 from 2pm to 6pm
Instead of just hitting the road bike and waiting for others to do the dirty work, get in the fight.
9:14 pm
NJ/NY are dessert dry after a very wet summer (the 2nd wettest since measurements are taken )
3:02 pm
The effects of flooding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGH7vBC2nw
This even has a shout out to 198 at the end. Epic humor!
3:12 pm
That just made my day! Hilarious.
7:02 pm
The effects of flooding.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TGH7vBC2nw
This even has a shout out to 198 at the end. Epic humor!
7:12 pm
That just made my day! Hilarious.