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Originally Posted by jackofalltrades
You obviously have not been to the Katy Trail in Dallas or the others I mentioned. This is just a map of random places to walk whether it's a sidewalk, or skinny trail through the woods with no connectivity. None of these have the same vibe. The closest I've seen in Bham is the trail along Lakeshore but at 2.5 miles, that's not a connected trail system and is vastly different from what I'm talking about. This is not something Birmingham has which is why I didn't mention them in my OP.
Looking really for the "Katy Trail" equivalent in Houston and Nashville.
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You really need to chill.
I think he posted a map of the whole system because there are a few examples that are similar. The High Ore Line in west Birmingham is probably the most similar, the Dorothy Spears Greenway is pretty similar, the Vulcan Trail is similar, there's a roughly 1.5 mile long trail through the middle of downtown that includes Railroad Park and the Rotary Trail.
Taking a look at the Katy Trail it seems very unique, I doubt you'll find anything like it in the Southeast. The city's most likely to have something like it are probably railroad towns
like Birmingham and Atlanta. To my knowledge, Atlanta doesn't have a trail that seems to follow a former railroad bed.
If Birmingham is too covered in your crap for you to consider, then you probably should be looking at other towns that didn't develop around water (like Houston and Nashville), Charlotte, Raleigh, and Fort Worth might be your best bets to find something similar. Atlanta's Beltline seems a bit too artificial to be an analogue for the Katy Trail and doesn't follow the same pattern. But, then again, there may be a greenway that goes through the urban core that I just don't know about.