American Tobacco Trail Durham Trailhead
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showbizkid
N 35° 59.427 W 078° 54.375
17S E 688740 N 3984916
The American Tobacco Trail will, when completed, be a contiguous 23 trail from Durham to Bonsal in Wake County.
Waymark Code: WM8W7
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2006
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The American Tobacco Trail is a 23 mile rails-to-trails project located in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. The route crosses through the City of Durham; Durham, Chatham, and Wake counties; the planning jurisdictions of the Towns of Cary and Apex; and passes through the Lake Jordan project land of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The trail largely follows the old Norfolk Southern rail line which ran from the Seaboard Coast Line in Wake County. The line was used for, among other things, bringing cured tobacco directly into the Lucky Strike Plant in Durham and then transporting finished cigarettes to market.
Substantial portions of the trail are finished, many miles are paved and the final section over I-40 will be constructed soon.
Click HERE for a map of the trail (and click a second time on the map to enlarge).
Shelter and display at Mile 0 near Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the American Tobacco Historic District:
GPS on the Mile 0 Marker:
