We have just posted updated maps of the ATT (see left hand sidebar) showing mile points, water access and other info for all three counties as well as connections for the nearby greenways in Durham. Among other changes, we added notes about the recently completed White Oak Creek trail which now connects with the ATT just north of the Wimberly Road parking area. Give it a try, its all hard surface but has lots of boardwalks and is a bit different than the ATT. As previously, our maps are in PDF format and can be printed. Hard copies of these maps are generally available at the trail kiosks at Scott-King Road, O'Kelly Chapel Road and by the rest room bulletin board at the New Hope Church Road trailhead. Copies are also available at the REI stores in Durham and Cary.

TRTC has completed efforts to put in compliant parking and a new hard surface connector trail. Our efforts on this started in May 2017 with the clearing of a dozen trees and later efforts that year to install a 20' culvert and grind the stumps. The concrete connector is ~180' long, 8' wide where it meets the ATT, tapering to 5' wide for the rest of its length. The project includes one concrete parking space with an attached aisle that is ADA compliant for van and auto access by the handicapped and an expanded hard surface area around the fountain. When the State approved our plans to put in this trailhead in 2012 no requirements for ADA compliance were included but by 2017 we were notified that the State considers TRTC to be the "owners" of this lot since we had built it. We were able to build these improvements thanks to contributions from the Tobacco Road Marathon over several years and smaller donations from individual donors. We hope ATT users enjoy these improvements.

Take a look at our 2018 End-of-Year Letter to catch up on what we have been doing on the ATT and Eagle Spur Trail.

Earlier in July, City of Durham contractors broke ground to construct a new lot on the east side of the ATT just south of Scott King. The initial funding for this lot was authorized in 2014 and after the initial bids received in 2016 the City had to allocate additional funds to support a second bidding cycle. Site plans call for parking for ~20 cars and 3 horse trailers. Vehicle access to this lot will be via the Duke Energy substation access just east of the trail. There is no hard date for completion but mid-Fall seems a good estimate.

To protect the numerous delicate parts in our fountain, we shut it down in late November. Weather permitting, we'll re-open it in late March.

We've been fairly active again this year so wanted give all our trail supporters a brief re-cap of what we did and some of our plans for 2018. Click on this link to open the 2017 LETTER