Description: The Silver Comet Trail is a 61.5-mile free paved pedestrian rail-trail. It starts in Smyrna, GA and connects to the Chief Ladiga Trail in AL. Directions, maps, facts, photos and more.
The Silver Comet is a paved pedestrian rail-trail located 13 miles northwest of Atlanta, Georgia. It is 61.5 miles long, free of charge, and travels through Cobb, Paulding, and Polk counties. This quiet, non-motorized trail is for walkers, hikers, bicyclists, rollerbladers, horses, dog walkers, and is mostly wheelchair accessible.
The Silver Comet starts at the Mavell Road Trailhead in Smyrna, Georgia, and it ends at the Georgia/Alabama state line near Cedartown and the Esom Hill Trailhead . At the Georgia/Alabama state line, the Silver Comet Trail connects to the 33-mile long Chief Ladiga Trail . Both the Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga are fully paved rail-trails built on abandoned railroad lines. The combined Silver Comet and Chief Ladiga trail length is estimated to be 94.5 paved miles from Smyrna, Georgia to Anniston, Alabama.
Plans to join the eastern end of the Silver Comet Trail to a larger trail network within Cobb County are progressing. A series of trails will connect the Silver Comet to northern Cobb County, Cherokee County, the Chattahoochee River, the Atlanta Beltline trails, and eventually to other routes throughout the Georgia trail system. The Chief Ladiga will extend an additional 6.5-miles into Anniston, Alabama allowing access to the Amtrak station and a possible return route to Atlanta and other cities along the A
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