Stroll along the Lake at Murphy Candler

**This is a pleasant hike for beginners and new members!

Join us for a stroll around the lake at Murphy Candler Park in the Dunwoody area.  The nature trail is a 2 mile loop with little-to-no elevation change. 

We will meet at the parking lot at the corner of W. Nancy Creek Dr. NE and Candler Lake W. NE (across from the baseball field).

The trail is wooded on the west and north sides of the lake, and more open on the east and along the southern levee (E. Nancy Creek Rd.).  The nature trail will take us across a wooden foot bridge and over a few sections of uneven ground.

We will stroll around the lake to make a 2 mile loop and stop to enjoy the views along the way.  We may see turtles, Canadian geese, mallards, and the common chipmunks and squirrels. Murphy Candler park is a great place to walk at leisure.

If you want to stay with us for a second loop to make it 4 miles, please feel free to do so. No obligation to stay for the second loop.

Murphy Candler Park is a 135-acre county park with athletic fields, a bike path, fishing areas, swimming and picnic facilities. The park is located inside the perimeter just south of Perimeter Mall, between Ashford-Dunwoody Road and Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.

History behind the name: Candler was a Dekalb County resident who served in both the Georgia House and Georgia Senate and as chair of the Georgia State Railroad Commission. He is generally noted for his reform-minded moves, especially when serving as chair of the Railroad Commission, and that his grandfather, C. A. Murphy was an early settler of Atlanta. His son, Dekalb County Commissioner Scott Candler, played a pivotal role in the creation of Stone Mountain Park.

Murphy Candler Park Nature Trail
http://www.georgiatrails.com/gt/Murphy_Candler_Park_Nature_Trail

Murphy Candler Park
1600 W. Nancy Creek Dr
Dunwoody, GA 30319

From the East (Dekalb or Gwinnett County)

Take I-285 westboud to Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Exit 29. Turn left at the first light. Travel south on Ashford-Dunwoody Road for .9 miles and turn left on W. Nancy Creek Dr. Travel .6 miles to the parking lot on the left just after you cross the levee.

From the West (Fulton or Cobb County)

Travel East on I-285 to Exit 29, Ashford Dunwoody Road. Turn right at the first
light, if you are traveling west on I-285, turn left at the first light. Travel south on Ashford-Dunwoody Road for .9 miles and turn left on W. Nancy Creek Dr. Travel .6 miles to the parking lot on the left just after you cross the levee.

From Perimeter Mall:  

Head South on Ashford-Dunwoody Road.
Cross over I-285. Continue on Ashford-Dunwoody Road to W. Nancy Creek Drive.
Turn left onto W. Nancy Creek Drive. Travel .6 miles to the parking lot on the left just after you cross the levee.

From downtown Atlanta:
Go North on Peachtree Street to Ashford-Dunwoody Road.  Turn left onto Ashford-Dunwoody Road.
Continue on Ashford-Dunwoody Road to W. Nancy Creek Drive.
Turn right onto W. Nancy Creek Drive.
Travel .6 miles to the parking lot on the left just after you cross the levee.

Well-behaved dogs are welcome on this event.  Leash laws and clean up laws are strictly enforced.