Footsteps to Fitness

Wish I Was Here
Here are a few of our staff members’ favorite trails.

Alabama

• Ruffner Mountain Nature Center: Birmingham; www.ruffnermountain.org

Arkansas

• Sugar Loaf Mountain National Recreational Trail: Greers Ferry Lake; www.greersferrylake.org

Florida

• Flatwoods Wilderness Park: near Tampa Bay; (813) 987-6211

Georgia

• Black Rock Mountain: near Clayton; www.gastateparks.org/info/blackrock
• Chattahoochee River Trails: near Atlanta; www.nps.gov/chat

Kentucky

• Cherokee Park: Louisville; www.olmstedparks.org
• Red River Gorge: near Lexington; www.redrivergorge.com

Maryland

• Billy Goat Trail: near Potomac; (301) 767-3714

Missouri

• Katy Trail State Park: near Columbia; 1-800-334-6946

North Carolina

• Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: near Robbinsville; www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/joycekil.html
• Pisgah National Forest: near Asheville; (828) 257-4200

South Carolina

• Anne Springs Close Greenway: near Rock Hill; (803) 548-7252
• I’On Village Walk: near Charleston; www.ioncommunity.com

Tennessee

• Chattanooga River Walk: (423) 643-6888
• Radnor Lake Trails: near Nashville; www.radnorlake.org

Texas

• Cedar Ridge Preserve: Dallas; www.audubondallas.org
• Town Lake: Austin; www.texasoutside.com/townlake

Virginia

• Wintergreen Trail System: near Charlottesville; www.wintergreenresort.com

Washington, D.C.

• Rock Creek Park: www.nps.gov/rocr

Healthy Benefits

• Accessible trails help build healthy communities by providing cost-effective places where anyone can exercise and enjoy the outdoors.
• Walking and other gentle forms of physical activity reduce arthritis pain and disability.