KMNBP Trails Work Day - New Salem Church Trail Final Touches due to weather

Let's see if our third try to get this project done will be successful. 

It has now been six months since the New Salem Church Trail Reroute opened. The trail has had time to settle. We will be addressing those issues we could not predict without it raining and hikers using this new trail.

We will be working on the New Salem Trail Reroute on both the north and south sides of Burnt Hickory Road. 

There are 20+ miles of trails that had just under 2,600,00 visitors in 2021. If you have not taken part in this event before you will be able to look back at what we have accomplished knowing you have contributed the trails at KMNBP better for those hiking them. Due to weather five of twelve maintenance were cancelled in 2022. Due to these cancellations’ maintenance is behind and the trails are in bad shape.

VOLUNTEER!! YOUR PARK NEEDS YOU!! 

You will be working with and following the instructions of a Kennesaw Mountian Trail Club Crew Leader(s) to which you will be assigned. We will work in a group if possible. We will learn the procedures of how to make our trails better for today & for the future.

We will meet at the Pigeon Hill Parking Lot, parking in the field at the end of the parking lot. A volunteer will provide a parking pass that will allow you to park there. Introductions will be conducted by members of the Kennesaw Mountain Trail Club and a review of safe working procedures will be done. Teams will be assigned and we will proceed to our assigned work sites after a group safety breif has been conducted. 

520 Burnt Hickory Rd NW, Marietta, GA 30064

Pigeon Hill Parking Lot (Old Mountain Rd. and Burnt Hickory Road)

NOTE: Parking instructions will be sent out as part of the Pre-Hike email. 

Drive from Atlanta on I 75 to Exit 269. At the bottom of the ramp turn left on Barrett Parkway and proceed approximately 4.5 miles. Turn left on Burnt Hickory Rd and proceed approximately 1.4 miles. Parking lot will be on the right.

 Alternate Directions from Downtown Marietta: Hwy 120 (Dallas Hwy) from downtown Marietta thru traffic light, right on Burnt Hickory, parking lot 1.5 miles down on left.

PARKING PASSES:  Parking passes will be issued to volunteers at the time they arrive. Someone will direct you as to where to park. The present plan has volunteers parking in the field next to the parking lot. This may change depending on the weather occuring in the days before the event.