The Five Mile Creek Greenway, Gardendale is a continuation of the Five Mile Creek Greenway, Black Creek Park Trail. This crushed stone segment starts at Shady Grove Road follows an old rail bed through the trees. Old railway markers add some interesting focal points along the route. The trail continues across Fieldstown Road and ends at Jew Hollow Road.
This cache is part of the Red Rock Trail (RRT) Series, a series of caches in Jefferson County highlighting the lesser known greenways and trails that help make up the Red Rock Trail System. This system idea was developed by the Freshwater Land Trust with a master plan of 750 miles of interconnected trails within Jefferson County. Right now, the RRT System has a little over 100 miles and is growing each year.
Permission to place this cache on the Five-mile Creek Trail was granted by the Freshwater Land Trust ( http://freshwaterlandtrust.org). For a comprehensive map of the Red Rock Trail System consult: http://freshwaterlandtrust.org/find-a-trail