Wooden bridges span several creeks along the way, a favorite stopping point where kids love to throw stones into the creek below in a make-shift target practice. Eventually you’ll pass groves of bamboo-esque cane along the river just before you reach the incredible Cumberland River Pedestrian Bridge. Your goal as a new cyclist is to wind your way up the path to the bridge before you run out of breath!

Once you reach the center of the bridge, you’ll enjoy a stunning view of Opryland Hotel’s glass rooftops in the distance. It’s not unusual to catch a sight of a barge or tugboat meandering along the Cumberland River below. If you picked up some of those binoculars I suggested, this is a great time to whip ‘em out! The current of the Cumberland is swift: if you have any doubt, focus on an object floating in the water and watch how quickly it disappears from sight!

Once you cross the bridge you get to coast downhill (brakes are handy here) before riding uphill once again to the Skate Park at Wave Country. If you’re not up to skating, this is a good place to stop for a breather and watch kids do things on skates you probably didn’t realize were possible. Some of the kids I’ve seen at the Skate Park strike me as the kids who might otherwise be anonymous in the crowded school hallways, but out here they’re the stars! Nothing short of amazing!

This is the part of the Greenway that separates the men from the boys, as they say. You can continue on to where the path meets the Stones River Greenway and take on the challenging dips and hills that overlook the Stones River, or you can turn around and head back to Shelby Park where you parked.

Incidentally, there are a lot of communities that have trail heads right in the middle of the neighborhood where you and your friends & family can access the Greenway by foot or bike (i.e. NO DRIVING). In fact, there are similar greenways in most surrounding counties nearby as well, and I may blog about these in the future. In the meantime, give me a call if you’d like to learn about homes for sale with easy access to a greenway!

Read Part II of this post here.

References/Links:
www.nashville.gov
www.youthvillages.org
www.monroeharding.org

Posted By: Jack Miller

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