Freedom Parkway
Park at Manuel’s Tavern parking lot @ 602 N. Highland Ave NE, Atlanta 30307
3.0 miles
RIGHT onto North Highland Ave out of parking lot
CROSS Freedom Parkway at light
RIGHT onto Freedom Park Trail
TURN AROUND at Boulevard and return to North Highland Ave
LEFT onto North Highland Ave and return to parking lot*
Start for 5.4-mile and 7.5-mile routes
RIGHT onto North Highland Ave out of parking lot
CROSS Freedom Parkway at light
RIGHT onto Freedom Park Trail
FOLLOW Trail to Jackson St (one block past Boulevard)
LEFT onto Jackson St
LEFT onto Auburn Ave
CROSS Boulevard and CONTINUE straight on Auburn Ave (Mile 2)
Bear to LEFT crossing Randolph to CONTINUE on Auburn Ave
RIGHT on Irwin St. [You’ll pass end of paved Beltline path on left.]
Irwin St becomes Lake Ave as you cross Krog St
Lake Ave become Austin Ave as you cross Elizabeth St (Mile 3)
Turn/bear LEFT onto Euclid Ave
CROSS Moreland Ave (at Little 5 Points) and go STRAIGHT on McLendon Ave
To complete 5.4-mile route (after starting as outlined above):
LEFT on Oakdale Rd (Mile 4)
LEFT at North Ave onto Freedom Parkway Trail
Follow Trail (as it goes west more/less parallel to North Ave)
Continue on Trail, crossing Moreland, to North Highland
RIGHT on North Highland Ave and return to parking lot *
To complete 7.5-mile route (after starting as outlined above):
Continue on McLendon (Mile 4 at Oakdale)
LEFT on Lakeshore (Mile 5)
LEFT on Ponce de Leon
LEFT on South Ponce de Leon (Dellwood Park Trail) (Mile 5.9 at Clifton Rd)
LEFT on PATH trail to Freedom Park Trail (beside church)
Follow Trail to Candler Park and bear RIGHT on Trail
Follow Trail (as it goes west more/less parallel to North Ave) (Mile 6.7 @ Euclid)
Continue on Trail to Moreland and Cross Moreland (Mile 7.2)
Follow trail to North Highland
RIGHT on North Highland Ave and return to parking lot *
Breakfast Suggestion:
Folk Art, 465 North Highland Ave NE, Atlanta (Opens at 9)
*To save a short drive & valet parking at Folk Art,
at the end of the LONGER walks, turnLEFT on N. Highland and walk to Folk Art. It’s a RIGHT turn on N. Highland if you do the 3-mile route.