The way points of this running / walking route:
one of the last easy returns to street until near North Avenue!
look left/west at the skate park!
passing under Freedom Pkwy/Highland Connector/PATH trail
look left/west to the skate park!
bridge crossing over Ralph McGill, access to street possible but difficult
access to street possible, last easy street access until Piedmont Park!
look west to the beautiful new Old 4th Ward Park
This area was Ponce de Leon Springs (a natural spring) in the mid 1800s, and Ponce de Leon Amusement Park from the 1880s to the 1920s.
bridge crossing over North Ave: no street access!
passing alongside City Hall East, built 1925 as a Sears, Roebuck & Co. regional distribution center. Sits on Just less than 2 million square feet in size, not counting the parking decks, boiler plant or other on-site structures. 45 acres of floor space!
no street access!
looking left at Whole Foods / Home Depot complex
street access possible: cut right through self-storage / Paris on Ponce parking lot to Ponce de Leon Place
looking down the slope toward the mall, this famous magnolia tree used to be in Ponce de Leon Park, also known as Spiller Park or Spiller Field during 1924-1932. This was the primary home field for the minor league baseball team called the Atlanta Crackers for nearly six decades (1907-1964.) It was also home of the Atlanta Black Crackers who won the second half championship of the Negro American League in 1938. Babe Ruth once hit a home run that got stuck in the tree!
pass under Virginia Ave (no road access)
last good road access until Worcester (near Amsterdam)
CAUTION! Cross Monroe Drive
enter parking lot behind Park Tavern
passing Piedmont Park on right
pass under Park Drive bridge (no road access)
passing off-leash dog park on left
CAUTION! Cars only!
rest stop, interpretive stop
assumes construction fence open, otherwise detour on Piedmont Ave or Monroe
cross under Piedmont (no road access)
possible road access: dismount, climb up hill on NORTHEAST side of bridge, lift bike over short rail; also possible turn-around point
DANGER! DO NOT RIDE FURTHER! (active MARTA to north/east, active freight rail to west/north)
