Trails

Share and Enjoy

Hikers, cyclists and runners regularly head for the Augusta Canal’s wide, level towpath, once used by mules to pull canal boats to the Canal headgates. Additional trails into wooded and urban areas add variety to the outdoor experience.

Trail Etiquette

For eveyone’s safety and enjoyment please:

  • Be polite and a good steward of the Canal
  • Appreciate wildlife and historic structures; do not disturb
  • Remember, the trail is like a roadway; keep right and pass left
  • Groups should not take up the full width of a trail
  • Faster users yield to slower users
  • Don’t litter. Take your trash with you when you leave.
  • Keep animals leashed and under control at all times; clean and remove animal waste; remind others to do so.

Trail Rules

  • Don’t feed the alligators or other wildlife
  • No horses or off-road vehicles (ATVs)
  • No alcohol
  • No discharge of firearms, bows/arrows
  • No hunting, camping or fires
  • No loud radios
  • A note on motorized vehicles: Only official City and Canal Authority motorized traffic permitted. Pedestrians should be alert for these vehicles
  • Do not jump from bridges, bulkheads, docks or any other structures

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Bike

Most of the canal’s trails are wide and flat and are suitable for cyclists of all levels. In the upper reach of the canal, surface is mostly sand/clay mix; in the more urban areas, trails are paved. For those up for a bigger challenge, there is the Mountain Bike Singletrack trail, built and maintained by SORBA-CSRA.

Singletrack Rules

  • All users travel in the same direction according to the date.
    • Odd Dates (1, 3, 5 …) travel clockwise
    • Even Dates (2, 4, 6 …) travel counter-clockwise.
  • Stay on the trail. Do not go around roots/rocks – this causes the trail to widen.
  • Keep dogs leashed at all times
  • Leave no trace – pack out what you bring in. Do not litter.
  • Helmets are highly recommended.

Trailheads

Canal Map

Trail FAQs