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No Excuses Hike: Forsyth’s Fowler Park - An AOC First!




The Basics:
Event Type:Hike
Event Location: Cumming, GA   Hike: No Excuses Hike: Forsyth’s Fowler Park - An AOC First!   National Weather Service Forecast
Date(s) & Time:Sat, Oct 26 2013  1:30 pm >> Sat, Oct 26 2013 3:00 pm
Registration Opens: Sat, Oct 12 2013 9:00 pm
Registration Cut Off: Fri, Oct 25 2013 9:00 pm
Event Duration:1 Hours 30 Minutes
Difficulty Rating:D2: Easy to Moderate
Distance:4.25 Miles
Pace:Moderate
Trip Leader(s):
Joyce T.
Jerry K
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Member Cost:None

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:14
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: No

Itinerary:

An AOC First! An afternoon at Forsyth’s Fowler Park and a bit of the Forsyth Big Creek Greenway for good measure.

Join us for an afternoon walk to work off some of the calories we will be accumulating at lunch at Chepe’s Mexican Grill in Cumming after our Sawnee Mountain Preserve Hike. Or join us just because you want to get out and enjoy a great hike in a relatively new park!  This is a No-Excuses hike, which means if you can go the distance (4 - 5 miles), you can handle it - - so no excuses for not signing up!  The pace will be very moderate, and you'll have some great folks to talk with as we explore this park and Greenway section.

For those wanting to join us for lunch, we will be meeting at Chepe’s Mexican Grill, 5465 Bethelview Rd, Cumming 30040 at 12:00 pm, following the morning hike at Sawnee Mountain. We will then venture 2 miles down the road to Fowler Park, where we'll meet at the bathrooms in front of the junior soccer fields, near the skate park and Big Creek Greenway Trailhead.  If you aren't joining us for lunch, plan to be there promptly by 1:30 pm.

“Our walk off lunch” will begin with a walk around Fowler Park on the walking/bike path for 2 miles. We will then pass by the cars (where anyone who chooses not to complete the second half can leave the event) and venture onto the Big Creek Greenway where we'll go south to Union Hill Road for approximately 1.13 miles before returning to Fowler Park. This is a great event to get a “sample” of what the Forsyth Greenway and Fowler Park have to offer.  

Please feel free to join us for lunch prior to the hike, and/or meet us at Fowler park for the walk.


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How to Get There:
Event Directions:

Chepe's Mexican Grill:  5465 Bethelview Rd., Cumming, GA  30040; Coordinates: 34.1734236, -84.1876799

Fowler Park:  4110 Carolene Way, Cumming, GA 30040;  Coordinates: 34.1493461, -84.2096908

Directions to Fowler Park from Chepe’s restaurant:

East on Castleberry Rd.  At Hwy 9,  continue straight onto Carolene way.  (This is the entrance to Fowler Park.) Turn right into first parking lot past fire station. Make next right toward skate park and Greenway Trailhead.   Bathrooms on right.

Directions to Fowler Park from Atlanta:

Take GA 400 N. to Exit 13.  Turn left onto 141/Bethelview/Peachtree Pkwy and make an immediate left (west) onto Hwy 9/Atlanta Hw.  Travel approximately 2.5 miles and turn left at Carolene way/Fowler Park entrance. Turn right into first parking lot past fire station. Make next right toward skate park and Greenway Trailhead.  Bathrooms on right.

Notes:

A park map is available at http://www.forsythco.com/pdf/files/Fowler_Master_8x11.pdf


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