The Garland Mountain Trail Project, 13 miles of public horse and hiker trails, is the first of its kind in Cherokee County. The Garland Mountain Green Space was purchased in late 2005 by Cherokee County through Green Space SPLOST Funds (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax–a one-cent sales tax which funds a diverse list community projects.) The County has approved $50,000 of its green space funds for the project and has applied for a $75,000 grant from the Georgia DNR Recreational Trails Program for the construction of the ADA compliant trailhead parking area, restrooms, signage and the purchase of trail building equipment.
Cherokee County Green Space property can only be used for passive recreation such as trails for hiking, horse back riding, biking, and picnicing. No motorized vehicles, or ball fields are allowed. Green Space property is investment in our preservation of nature because it can never be developed for commercial or residential use.
Trail Improvement. On Saturday, December 4 starting at 10:00 a.m., we will hold another trail day at Garland Mountain. Please note the change in start time for the winter months, and the 1st rather than 2nd Saturday for this month. Tools are provided by CCSC, except we need a few volunteers to bring loppers. Continue [...]
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Garland Mountain Rd is paved! This is the new asphalt road (Garland Mountain Road/Trail) that connects to GA 140. Now vehicles have good hard surface road all the way from the highway to the Garland Mountain trailhead. We had 16 volunteers on Saturday. Cindy Wiltrout and Pat Dean walked most of the 2.6 mile Palomino [...]
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Working the western loop of the Chestnut trail. On Saturday, October 9 starting at 9:00 a.m., we will start another trail day at Garland Mountain. Our main task on this day will be to perform tread ‘detailing’ on the western loop of the Chestnut Trail. We also plan to have the machines working on Chestnut [...]
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Work on Chestnut and Sorrel Trails. On Saturday, September 11 starting at 9:00 a.m., we will start another trail day at Garland Mountain. We plan to work on the following two tasks: 1. Complete the finish detailing on the eastern loop of the Chestnut Trail 2. Complete some tread finish rework on the Sorrel trail
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Chestnut Trail Middle Loop Completed. The volunteers were Betty Altman, Jim McGarvey, Cindy Young, Cindy Wiltrout, Joanne Mitchell, Bobby Mitchell, Ellen Stara, Vonnie Jean, Carolyn Stambaugh, Nancy Foy, Jerry Mims, and not shown Larry Wheat and Marianne Torchia. The Mitchells brought their personal trail machine and Jim McGarvey brought his Gator to haul people and [...]
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Chestnut Trail Creation. On Saturday, May 8th, we continiued construction work on the middle loop of the new 2.3 mile Chestnut Trail located in the northwest quadrant of the Garland Mountain Horse & Hike Trails (GMHHT) county park. The main objective was to add the finishing touches to new trail created with the mini-excavator and [...]
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Chestnut Trail Creation. Continued construction work on the new 2.3 mile Chestnut Trail located in the northwest quadrant of the Garland Mountain Horse & Hike Trails (GMHHT) county park. The main objective was to add the finishing touches to new trail created with the mini-excavator and trail machine. Steve Ralston of CRPA brought out the [...]
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Chestnut Trail Creation. A big THANK YOU to our Garland Mountain volunteers who generously gave several hours of their time Saturday (3/6) to help us build the Chestnut Trail in the northwest quadrant of the Garland Mountain Horse & Hike Trails Park. Chestnut will be a gorgeous trail contouring around hills forested in hardwood trees. [...]
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Garland Mountain Chestnut Trail Creation. On Saturday, February 13th, we will continue construction work on the new 2.0 mile Chestnut Trail located in the northwest quadrant of the Garland Mountain Horse & Hike Trails (GMHHT) county park. Volunteers will be using chainsaws, handsaws, and loppers to clear an 8-foot wide trail corridor. Also, we expect [...]
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Work on the Chestnut Trail. On Saturday, January 23rd, we will continue construction work on the new 2.0 mile Chestnut Trail located in the northwest quadrant of the Garland Mountain Horse & Hike Trails (GMHHT) county park. Volunteers will be using chainsaws, handsaws, and loppers to clear an 8-foot wide trail corridor. Also, we expect [...]
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