Blountstown Greenway

Blountstown Greenway [view slides]

A ribbon of asphalt that connects communities and parks within the historic Apalachicola River town of Blountstown, the Blountstown Greenway is ideal for walking or biking and, in part, serves as a path for the Florida Trail through the center of town. Heavily shaded by deep upland forest for much of the journey, it connects Sam Atkins Park, home of the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement, at the western edge of town with Neal Landing along the Apalachicola River, a 3.9-mile journey.

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Overview

Location: Blountown
Length: 3.9 miles (7.8 miles round-trip)
Lat-Long: 30.445661, -85.045109 (M&B Railroad Park)
Type: Linear
Fees / Permits: none
Difficulty: easy
Bug factor: low to moderate
Restroom: yes, at the depot and Sam Atkins Park

Directions

You’ll encounter trail crossings along most of the north-south roads in Blountstown, but the best places to access the trail are from the M&B Railroad Park and historic depot downtown along NE Pear Street, Sam Atkins Park at the western end, and Neal Landing at the eastern end. The trail passes under SR 20 just east of downtown.

Hike

For a pleasant short outing along the Blountstown Greenway, start at the M&B Railroad Park. Walk east past the depot and into a lush floodplain forest. The straightaway reaches a boardwalk and jogs left across it to cross a creek and duck under SR 20. Continue up to the next junction in the trail (the side path to the right leads to a convenience store with KFC). Turn around and return for a walk of a mile.

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Comments

Fred Morgan says:

February 5, 2013 at 5:04 pm

Disagree. Start at Sam Adkins Park… Visit the Pioneer settlement one path to trail. Stop at the Rail Depot for break and small museum. The landing at the river is a perfect pic nic stop before your return. The short off shoot to 11th street has little scenery but will complete the entire trail and adds about 1.5 miles to the return. ENJOY. Locally Callahan’s (turn off 20 at Pigly Wiggley) looks like dive but has best Seafood in area. Connie’s has beast breakfast (downtown
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- Sandra Friend says:
  
  February 5, 2013 at 7:43 pm
  
  That’s a nice way to day hike it, Fred, and thank you for the suggestion. Love both Connie’s and Callahan’s myself. I wrote this up in the other direction since that’s the section that most Florida Trail hikers will follow on the Blountstown Greenway. But the Pioneer Settlement shouldn’t be missed!