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In 2021, a partnership between Floyd County, the City of Rome, and the Berry family to complete the Mt. Berry Trail to the Armuchee Connector, providing a continuous loop for the trail system.

On Monday, Rome City Commissioner Jamie Doss announced that the project has been completed.

“We haven’t had a ceremony yet, but our loop is complete,” Doss said during a recent Rome City Commission meeting. “When I say our trail loop, you can park at Mount Berry at the trailhead there behind the post office. You can park at Ridgeferry Park, or you can park downtown. The last little part was at the Armuchee Connector to connect the back of the trail, which is behind the Emperor’s stadium, and then the end of the Mount Barry portion.

The total length of the trail loop is around eight miles.

“I would just tell you to check it out,” Doss added. “It’s just a fantastic trail and there’s not a bad part to it and it’s a loop. It’s our first loop in the history of our city trail system.”

Rome and Floyd County have a long history of pedestrian trail development. The Robert F. Redden footbridge was Georgia’s first Rails to Trails project in 1976. Since then, miles of pedestrian trails have been added connecting major destinations within the community.