The Eastside Trail is a walking and biking trail stretching northwest to southeast on the
Eastside of
Atlanta
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, part of the
Beltline ring of trails and parks. It is lined with numerous notable industrial buildings adapted into restaurants, shops, apartments, condos, and two major
food halls and
mixed-use developments
Mixed use is a type of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning classification that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions a ...
.
The first stretch opened in October 2012, from
Piedmont Park
Piedmont Park is an urban forest and park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as ...
to the
Krog Street Tunnel
The Krog Street Tunnel is a tunnel in Atlanta known for its street art. Built in 1913, the tunnel links the Cabbagetown (Atlanta), Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown, and Inman Park neighborhoods. It is part of the Eastside Trail of the BeltLine for bicyc ...
. It was extended from Krog Street to Kirkwood Avenue in November 2017. A second extension brought it to
Memorial Drive in July 2019.
Route and Points of Interest
Gallery
File:AnsleyMall.jpg, Ansley Mall
File:Beltline from Woodward Bridge in Piedmont Park.JPG, Interim trail adjacent to Piedmont Park
Piedmont Park is an urban forest and park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, located about northeast of Downtown, between the Midtown and Virginia Highland neighborhoods. Originally the land was owned by Dr. Benjamin Walker, who used it as ...
File:Amsterdam Walk 3.jpg, Amsterdam Walk
Amsterdam Walk is a retail and entertainment complex in the Virginia Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It is housed in former warehouse space located at the far west end of Amsterdam Ave. between Monroe Ave. and the BeltLine (Piedmont Pa ...
File:Ponce_City_Market_1.JPG, Ponce City Market seen from BeltLine
File:PonceCityMarketBeltLine.jpg, Ponce City Market and Kroger
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retail company that operates (either directly or through its subsidiaries) supermarkets and multi-department stores throughout the United States.
Founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cinc ...
seen from BeltLine in 2025
, Ponce City Market seen from BeltLine
File:Ford Factory Lofts Atlanta.JPG, Ford Factory Lofts seen from BeltLine, 2012
File:Masq atlanta.jpg, DuPre Excelsior Mill
File:Historic Fourth Ward Park retention pond.JPG, Historic Fourth Ward Park
File:Western Electric Company Building atlanta.JPG, Telephone Factory Lofts
File:Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum_07.JPG, Carter Center
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File:King of Pops.jpg, Inman Park former industrial buildings
File:Beltline eastside trail construction may 2012 1 o4w atlanta.JPG, BeltLine Eastside Trail under construction at Irwin Street in the Old Fourth Ward
The Old Fourth Ward, often abbreviated O4W, is an Intown Atlanta, intown neighborhood on the Eastside (Atlanta), eastside of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The neighborhood is best known as the location of the Martin Luther King Jr. National H ...
, May 2012.
References
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Hiking trails in Atlanta
Adaptive reuse of industrial structures in Atlanta