It goes 61.5 miles from just outside Atlanta to the Georgia/Alabama state line. The Chief Ladiga Trail goes another 32.5 miles to Weaver Alabama. It is the longest continuous paved trail in the US and runs along what was the Seaboard Railroad line. The Silver Comet Trail is named after the luxury streamliner train of the same name that used to run from New York to Birmingham AL via Washington, Richmond, Raleigh and Atlanta.

Silver Comet Trail Georgia - Welcome

Chief Ladiga Trail - Chief Ladiga Trail

Here is the Brushy Mountain Tunnel. You approach the tunnel on a gentle curve and can feel the cool air flowing out of the tunnel on a hot day well before you actually see the tunnel entrance.


Like any other MUP it is a love/hate relationship. Some of it is boring and some of it is very interesting. Very crowded near ATL, nice to meet people and look at the girls and bikes, but once you get past mile marker 20 it gets real rural and you can open up. I did about 36 miles out and back Sunday afternoon, the longest I've ever gone on a fixie and had that post-ride "glow" for the rest of the day.

Our club used to run a yearly POA century ride on the trail. We would ride to the Alabama state line, pee on Alabama (POA) and then ride back. It's an SEC football thing that I really don't get but 40 guys in double pacelines is what I call a good time.