Running at Black Creek Park’s Rails to Trails
Several months ago, the City of Fultondale completed a project at Black Creek Park about which I am quite excited. There’s an old rail bed, from which the ties and rails have been pulled up, that runs through Pinson-Fultondale-Brookside and so-forth. Fultondale has converted a 3.5 mile stretch of this into a walking/running/hiking trail.
The trail runs more-or-less parallel to Black Creek; mile markers have been placed every half-mile, with park benches at every mile. The city has worked diligently to make it unaccessible to ATVs and motorized vehicles which are prohibited.
Both as a runner and just generally as a person who enjoys being outdoors, I have really enjoyed the trail, and hope that it will eventually be extended well beyond its current distance. My golden retriever too is glad to have a place to run, when there’s no one else around, though I suspect that will become less frequently possible as more people learn of and enjoy the use of Black Creek Park’s trail. For more posts related to Black Creek Park and/or the Rails to Trails, visit here.