Vickery Park, Roswell Mill, & Covered Bridge

I woke up early and ran the 3 mile trail loop from the Old Roswell Mill through Vickery Park. It is a fun run with a lot of short climbs that will give your calfs a good burn.

This is the Mill Visitor entrance.













Couple of the Historical Markers for the Mill and Covered Bridge.












The Covered Bridge and Trail Head.














Once you cross the bridge and head up a flight of stairs it is a short climb to the first trail intersection and you can either head East or South West. I ran southwest this morning and it is mostly downhill for about the first mile. At about the half mile mark there is a Wire crossing the trail about chest high which I assume is your warning to SLOW DOWN. The trail pretty much ends here and you have to scale across a rock outcropping for about 40 yards. (See Hazard marker on GPS map below) It is not difficult to scale, but you definitely don't want to hit it at full speed.

The run was very nice, but there are a lot of rocks, stumps, and roots in the trail so you have to watch where you are stepping. At about the 2 1/2 mile mark you can keep running straight back to the covered bridge or you can climb down 40ft or so to the dam and rope swing/swimming hole area. (See Markes on GPS Map) Here is a view of the Front of the Damn, On top Looking over the Edge, and the Rope Swing on top of the damn. You can take off your shoes and walk across the top of the damn as long as you walk slowly (it is slippery) and stay away from the edge (30ft drop), but the water runs slowly so it is not difficult to cross.













After you cross it is just a short jog back to the Mill Parking lot.

GPS Map