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Trail Running at WD Thomson Park

March 19, 2016
Creek at WD Thomson Park, Decatur, GA

Trail Running at WD Thomson Park

As part of our run at Lullwater Preserve, we also decided to explore the nearby WD Thomson Park.  We had read about the park in the excellent book, “Hiking Atlanta’s Hidden Forests” by Jonah McDonald.  WD Thomson Park has about a mile of trails along a feeder stream that flows right into South Fork Peachtree Creek nearby.  As long as you follow the general course of the stream, you can’t get lost – although we did take a non-optimal route ourselves.

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