FIRST Cinco de Mayo Hike - Riverside Park Park (Beginners Welcome) - Mon, May 5 2025

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Once you've reviewed the event details, and decided you'd like to join us, you MUST sign up at the bottom of this page.



FIRST Cinco de Mayo Hike - Riverside Park Park (Beginners Welcome)


The Basics:
Event Type:Hike
Event Location: Roswell, GA   Hike: FIRST Cinco de Mayo Hike - Riverside Park Park (Beginners Welcome)  National Weather Service Forecast
Date(s) & Time:Mon, May 5 2025  8:00 am >> Mon, May 5 2025 9:30 am
Registration Opens: Thu, May 1 2025 3:00 pm
Registration Cut Off: Mon, May 5 2025 8:00 am
Event Duration:1 Hours 30 Minutes
Difficulty Rating:D1: Easy
Distance:4 Miles
Pace:Moderate
Trip Leader(s):
Joyce T.
Email Trip Leader(s)
You must be logged in to get the Trip Leader contact information.
Member Cost:None

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:15
Minimum Group Size:4
Number Registered So Far: 14 / 0 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
Are Dogs Permitted: Yes

Itinerary:

Back by popular demand, we are celebrating Mexico's Cinco de Mayo with 5 hikes today!   Join us on one of them, two of them, or all of them if you're up for the challenge!  Wear Mexican colors (dark green, red, and white) and get into the spirit of the day!  We'll take a break between hikes 3 and 4 to have a Mexican lunch at Lindo Mexico on Roswell Road (Sandy Springs). Lunch will take place around 1:45 pm.  Join us!

Our first hike will be a moderately paced hike along the very flat Riverwalk path, starting at Riverside Park.  

Much of our walk will be on a gravel surface, so it will be easy to navigate.  If the weather has been dry, we'll enter the woods along Riverside Road so that we can enjoy some views of the Chattahoochee as we walk.

We will begin the hike promptly at 8:00 am, so arrive 10 minutes early so that you can meet the other folks before we begin.  We'll enjoy the scenic Chattahoochee River and friendly conversation on this "easy" morning walk.

There are bathrooms at this location!  Arrive early enough to use them.

Required Items to Bring:

Comfortable shoes.  Some of our walk will be on a dirt trail, so be prepared for a little mud if there have been recent rains.

 

Recommended Items to Bring:
Use our Event Checklists to make sure you have everything you need.

Bright clothing (Mexico's colors are dark green, red, and white)

Poles are not needed, since the entire hike is flat, with much of it on a gravel surface. 


How to Get There:
Event Directions:

RIVERSIDE PARK

575 Riverside Road

Roswell, GA 30075

34.006455, -84.3467344

From Northbound U.S. 19/Ga. 400
Take exit 6 for Northridge Road 
Stay RIGHT onto Northridge Road crossing bridge 
Take first RIGHT onto Dunwoody Place, go 1.3 miles 
Turn RIGHT at Ga. 9 (Roswell Road), go 0.6 miles 
Cross river turn RIGHT onto Riverside Road, cross the bridge and the park is on the right. 

From Southbound U.S. 19/Ga. 400
Take exit 7 for Ga. 140 (Holcomb Bridge Road) 
Turn RIGHT onto Ga. 140 East (Holcomb Bridge Road), go 0.2 mile 
Turn LEFT at Dogwood Road, go 1.0 miles 
Continue STRAIGHT on Riverside Road, go 1.0 mile 
Turn LEFT at park entrance - - just before crossing the bridge at Atlanta Road.


Notes:

Bathrooms at this parking

No Parking Fee 


* We encourage all members to follow our Etiquette Guidelines while participating in AOC events.


Cancellation/Partial Attendance:   Please review the AOC cancellation policy.