Big Creek Greenway — Attraction in Alpharetta

Wonderful place to walk, run, bike, or roller blade. I saw all of these yesterday. If you can go during less busy hours, there's still enough traffic to feel very safe. And fewer bikers flying by. It's an easy way to escape the sounds of the city for a while and drink in the sounds of nature. Many birds and squirrels of course, and often heron and deer. Once in many many trips there I did see a copperhead crossing the sidewalk. And I've seen a long non venomous snake once - that one was cool to watch. The pretty creek that flows beside it does flood the trail after heavy rains, and there are spots along the trail where it smells bad. You walk out of those areas pretty fast though. ** The biggest caution would be to Have No Valuables Within Sight In Your Car! Police try to be present in the parking areas often, but snatch and grabs with broken car windows do occur. Go and...

One of the nicest and cleanest trails to go walking, biking or running. I have walked many of the ones you can find all the way from Sandy Springs up to Johns Creek and I was impressed and how clean this one was with absolutely no garbage in any place other than the occasional natural mounds of dry leaves and stuff you would see by the river. I was able to spot quite a bit of fauna around including a couple of deers that got quite close, it looks like they know humans at least enough to get comfortable being around us. Also bikers and people on scooters were very polite, and unlike on other paths, you would know they are coming and they wouldn’t just rush past you with you, hoping they will not step on you or hit you.

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This is an awesome greenway that goes from Roswell to the northern part of Fulton county and into Forsyth. It’s great for walking, running and riding a bike. There’s even a mountain biking trail that is one minute off the path near Webb Bridge rd. I go on this trail about once a month and I don’t ever see any crowds. People just keep to themselves. Also, the trail is clean. But don’t go after it rains a lot because it does flood. That’s about it....