Lovetown, USA, loves the Woodbine Rail-Trail

When Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network selected Kingsland, Ga., as “Lovetown, USA,” for a reality program focusing on love, organizations throughout Camden County were invited to apply to be a part of the program.

A big winner: The Georgia Coast Rail-Trail in Woodbine!

On March 8, an OWN film crew visited the trail to record one of the biggest and most successful volunteer days ever on the Rail-Trail.

That day, dozens of volunteers – including a contingent from the USS Florida at the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base – turned out to add a special feature adjacent to the newly paved section between Woodbine and the Liza Rudolph community. The group built the first phase of a mountain bike trail through the woods alongside the section dubbed the Woodbine Nature Trail.

Late in the day, OWN cameramen interviewed Woodbine Mayor Steve Parrott and Terry Landreth, both members of the Rail-Trail board of directors, for the network program.

The Woodbine Nature Trail, a 1.25-mile section that stretches south from Woodbine to the Liza Rudolph community was topped with concrete in January. During the March 8 workday, bluebird nesting boxes were placed along the trail to attract birds – and birdwatchers – to the section.

Landreth, vice chairman of the Rail-Trail and a Camden County bicycle activist, was among the many enthusiastic volunteers preparing the trail for its nationwide television debut. “The trail is doing exactly what we’ve said it would do,” he observed. “It’s bringing the community together.”

The Georgia-Times Union captured the day’s activities in the March 9 issue.

"On the path to success"

The fun begins March 18!

Come celebrate the paving and improvements to the Rail-Trail in Woodbine during the Woodbine Woman’s Club’s Jazz n’ Arts on the Satilla Riverwalk Sunday, March 18, from 1 to 5 p.m. The Riverwalk is part of the Georgia Coast Rail-Trail.

Local artists and crafters will display fine art under the oak trees. There will be hands-on art activities for children. And the Phil Morrison Trio and jazz saxophonist Mike Hulett will entertain the crowd at the gazebo throughout the afternoon. Local restaurants will provide food along the trail.

Camden Bicycle Center invites you to enjoy the 1.25-mile Woodbine Nature Trail to Liza Rudolph Road – where children once walked the rails to attend school – with bike rides throughout the afternoon. Be sure to check out the bluebird nesting boxes along the trail – part of a new Woodbine Bird Sanctuary being created by the Woman’s Club with funds from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The concrete surface brings the total length of the paved trail in Woodbine to 2.75 miles. The Satilla Riverwalk section is one block west of U.S. Hwy. 17 in downtown Woodbine.

The Georgia Coast Rail-Trail is being built on an abandoned CSX railroad bed running 68 miles from Kingsland to Riceboro. The 10-foot-wide trail will run across marshes, maritime forests, rivers, and creeks in Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Liberty counties. Some 6.25 miles is currently open to the public, all in Camden County. The Camden portion is also part of the Coastal Georgia Greenway.

A big thank-you to the Woodbine Mayor and City Council, the Camden County Commission, the road and parks departments, the PATH Foundation, and the Camden Woman’s Club for making it all happen!

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Please walk or cycle only the White Oak and Woodbine sections of the trail.  Other segments of the former railroad bed are still privately owned.  Thanks!