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DO IT: Hiking - Blackwell Bridge Trail – Richard B. Russell State Park

Distance: 1.6 mi Difficulty: easy to moderate Directions

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LOCATION: Richard B. Russell State Park

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GPS Coordinates: 34.160946,-82.741085

Blackwell Bridge Trail – Richard B. Russell State Park - Richard B. Russell State Park

The first section goes to the bridge and begins with a wheelchair accessible, asphalt/rubberized surface. No bikes are allowed on this surface. The loop starts and ends at the bridge. There is a sign to continue to the right where you follow the shoreline for half a mile. From an old road bed near a group shelter you will continue to the big steel bridge with a nice view of the lake on Vans Creek. This ends the easy portion of the trail. Continuing over the bridge and along the old road, the trail takes you back around a cove and up a hill and back down to the first little bridge where the loop began.

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