Silver Comet Trail--Rambo Trailhead

About this Location

Rambo Trailhead is at mile marker 22.2 on the Silver Comet Trail. It has paved parking, a portable toilet, picnic tables, no water, and is 0.7 miles east of the Pumpkinvine Trestle.

Built in 1901, the Pumpkinvine Trestle is over 750-feet long and rises 126-feet over Pumpkinvine Creek. The trestle was restored in 1999 and opened for Silver Comet use in 2000. The Pumpkinvine Trestle is located less than a mile west of the Rambo Road Trailhead in Dallas, Georgia.

One of the most remote areas of the Silver Comet is west of the Pumpkinvine Trestle and travels through parts of the beautiful Paulding Forest WMA.

About Silver Comet Trail

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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 Toad 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.

Features

  • Wheelchair accessible trail

  • Entrance fee

Content from Official Website, Silver Comet Trail Official Website, and Silver Comet Trail (PATH Foundation) website

Last updated November 13, 2023