There is a parking lot that can fill and costs $3 during the day. Extend the run beyond the loop trail by another 1/2 mile or so, or run another 2.5 miles one-way on the Powers Island Trail on the river’s opposite shore, just across the Interstate North Parkway bridge. A 3.1 mile (5k) fitness trail along the banks of the river, through meadows and marshland. Sandy Springs, near the I-75/I-285 intersection.
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