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This section of Hall's Highlands to Islands Trail just opened

A new portion of Highlands to Islands Trail winds through the woods near the University of North Georgia Gainesville campus Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The new portion of the trail features a boardwalk. - photo by Scott Rogers

02162023 TRAIL 1.jpg — A new portion of Highlands to Islands Trail winds through the woods near the University of North Georgia Gainesville campus Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The new portion of the trail features a boardwalk. - photo by Scott Rogers

Part of the Tumbling Creek section of the Highlands to Islands Trail has opened for public use, extending the trail another quarter-mile from the pedestrian tunnel under Atlanta Highway to the pedestrian bridge near the University of North Georgia in Oakwood.