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Atlanta, mile by mile.

Twenty-two miles of BeltLine, forty-five neighbourhoods. Where you sleep on it decides the trip.

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Atlanta culture

Civil rights, food halls, music, art, and a stadium city.

Five strands worth planning a trip around, each with the piece to read before you go and the neighbourhood it sits in.

Sweet Auburn, Atlanta Civil rights Where the movement lived Four blocks of Sweet Auburn carry the birth home, Ebenezer Baptist and the crypt, with the Center for Civil and Human Rights a short ride west. Sweet Auburn · Downtown King Historical Park, in full
Chicken and waffles with coleslaw Food Food halls and Buford Highway Krog Street and Ponce City Market sit on the trail, and six miles of Korean, Vietnamese and Ethiopian cooking sit out on Buford Highway. Inman Park · O4W · Doraville Ponce City Market, on a Tuesday
Live bass guitar performance on an Atlanta stage Music A city built on records Hip-hop grew up here, and the rooms are still the draw: the Fox, Variety Playhouse, and the corner at Little Five Points that never quietens. Midtown · Little Five Points Atlanta after dark, the guide
Centennial Olympic Park from the air Art Galleries and the Olympic park The High holds a serious self-taught and folk collection in Midtown, and Centennial Olympic Park keeps its fountain ring downtown. Midtown · Downtown The High, on things to do
SkyView Atlanta ferris wheel on a sunny day Entertainment Seventy thousand, walkable Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and the Fox are all inside the loop, reachable on foot or one stop on the train. Downtown · Midtown Staying in Downtown
Vibrant gelato truck in Little Five Points Street life Little Five Points, loud Record shops, the Variety Playhouse, a gelato truck on the corner and the noisiest street junction in the city, twelve minutes on foot from Inman Park. Little Five Points Little Five Points, as a base
Everything to do in Atlanta The journal, newest first
01 — The loop

Turn it and pick your mile.

Every base placed by its own mile marker, running clockwise from mile zero at Five Points. Tap a dot, drag the slider, or arrow through — solid orange is trail you can walk today, dashed green is still being built, and the dot colour is the rail line you get.

The BeltLine loop 22 miles · 45 neighbourhoods Five Points
The BeltLine loop 22 miles · 45 neighbourhoods
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Trail open Under construction Red / Gold Blue Green No rail
Downtown, AtlantaSweet Auburn, AtlantaOld Fourth Ward, AtlantaInman Park, AtlantaCabbagetown, AtlantaReynoldstown, AtlantaGrant Park, AtlantaSummerhill, AtlantaPeoplestown, AtlantaAdair Park, AtlantaCastleberry Hill, AtlantaWest End, AtlantaWestview, AtlantaBankhead, AtlantaWest Midtown, AtlantaHome Park, AtlantaGeorgia Tech, AtlantaMidtown, AtlantaPiedmont Park, AtlantaVirginia-Highland, AtlantaPoncey-Highland, AtlantaLittle Five Points, AtlantaDecatur, AtlantaCollege Park, Atlanta Mile 2.1 · East Trail at the door
Old Fourth Ward $149 median / night

Ponce City Market, the skate park and the best stretch of the Eastside Trail. You pay for the address and you actually use it.

No rail · trail + bus Trail at the door
02 — The city in a forest 47.9%

of Atlanta sits under tree canopy — more than any other large American city. It is why the skyline keeps vanishing behind oaks on the drive in, why summer afternoons are survivable in the shade, and why the pollen count is local news from March to May.

1.9M Trees inside the city 38 mi Trail when the loop closes 45 Neighbourhoods touched
Atlanta skyline rising out of the tree canopy
03 — Postcards

The city, as it actually looks.

Every frame captioned with where it was taken. No composite skylines, no borrowed sunsets.

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04 — On the way

Twelve things you will walk past.

Skyview Skyview The wheel, 20 stories up Centennial Park Centennial Park Olympic rings, 1996 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Falcons & Atlanta United Millennium Gate Millennium Gate Atlantic Station Ponce City Market Ponce City Market Food hall on the trail Krog Street Tunnel Krog Street Tunnel Repainted every week Piedmont Park Piedmont Park 200 acres of grass The Capitol The Capitol Gold dome, Dahlonega gold Sweet Auburn Sweet Auburn King birth home & market Tech Square Tech Square Campus, coffee, quiet nights Five Points Five Points Where all four lines meet Westside Provisions Westside Provisions Warehouses turned shops Skyview Skyview The wheel, 20 stories up Centennial Park Centennial Park Olympic rings, 1996 Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Falcons & Atlanta United Millennium Gate Millennium Gate Atlantic Station Ponce City Market Ponce City Market Food hall on the trail Krog Street Tunnel Krog Street Tunnel Repainted every week Piedmont Park Piedmont Park 200 acres of grass The Capitol The Capitol Gold dome, Dahlonega gold Sweet Auburn Sweet Auburn King birth home & market Tech Square Tech Square Campus, coffee, quiet nights Five Points Five Points Where all four lines meet Westside Provisions Westside Provisions Warehouses turned shops
05 — Mile markers

Five stretches, and who each one is for.

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Old Fourth Ward and the Eastside Trail Mile 0 – 4 Eastside Trail Where the loop actually works Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Cabbagetown. Paved trail, food halls at both ends, and you can leave the car for three days. The highest rates on the loop and the only stretch where they are justified. Old Fourth Ward Inman Park
South Atlanta streets Mile 5 – 9 Southside Trail The value half of the ring Grant Park to Adair Park. Breweries in the old Lee + White warehouses, the zoo, the Sunday market, and medians thirty dollars under the east side. Bring a bike; the trail here is still stitching itself together. Grant Park Adair Park
West Atlanta near the Westside Trail Mile 10 – 14 Westside Trail Lowest rates with a train West End, Westview, Bankhead. Two rail stations, the smoothest paved trail of the lot, and the only sub-$100 medians inside the city. Eating options thin out fast after dark. West End Westview
Midtown Atlanta above the canopy Mile 15 – 20 North arc Midtown and the money West Midtown through Midtown to Piedmont Park. Museums, the park, the best restaurant density, two Red line stations. Four nights and no car? Start your search on this arc. Midtown West Midtown
Evening skyline east of the city Off-loop Decatur & ATL Two useful exceptions Decatur, six miles east, trades the loop for a square, a station and better dinner. College Park sits at the airport for $94 and sixteen minutes on the train — the right answer for a 6am departure and nothing else. Decatur Airport hotels
06 — The twenty-four

Every base, around the loop.

Mile 0 to 22, plus two off-loop. The rate beside each one is a typical mid-week double, four weeks out — a guide, not a quote.
01 Downtown Downtown Mile 0.0 Five Points · all lines $118 02 Sweet Auburn Sweet Auburn Mile 0.9 King Memorial · Blue/Green $127 03 Old Fourth Ward Old Fourth Ward Mile 2.1 No rail · trail + bus $149 04 Inman Park Inman Park Mile 3.0 Inman Park · Blue $156 05 Cabbagetown Cabbagetown Mile 3.7 Inman Park · 15 min walk $134 06 Reynoldstown Reynoldstown Mile 4.3 Inman Park · Blue $131 07 Grant Park Grant Park Mile 5.4 King Memorial · 20 min $126 08 Summerhill Summerhill Mile 6.2 Georgia State · Blue $121 09 Peoplestown Peoplestown Mile 7.0 No rail · bus $109 10 Adair Park Adair Park Mile 8.4 West End · Red/Gold $104 11 Castleberry Hill Castleberry Hill Mile 9.6 Garnett · Red/Gold $112 12 West End West End Mile 10.5 West End · Red/Gold $98 13 Westview Westview Mile 11.4 West End · 15 min $102 14 Bankhead Bankhead Mile 13.2 Bankhead · Green $96 15 West Midtown West Midtown Mile 15.0 No rail · bus + bike $152 16 Home Park Home Park Mile 16.1 Midtown · 20 min $116 17 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Mile 16.8 Tech Square · Red/Gold $124 18 Midtown Midtown Mile 17.6 Midtown · Red/Gold $142 19 Piedmont Park Piedmont Park Mile 18.3 Midtown · 12 min $158 20 Virginia-Highland Virginia-Highland Mile 19.1 No rail · bus + bike $145 21 Poncey-Highland Poncey-Highland Mile 19.8 No rail · trail + bus $138 22 Little Five Points Little Five Points Mile 20.6 Inman Park · 12 min $129 23 Decatur Decatur Mile 22.0 Decatur · Blue/Green $139 24 College Park College Park ATL Airport · Red/Gold $94
Neon Atlanta sign glowing in the dark
07 — After dark

The night is the reason half of you came.

Trap houses, jazz rooms, a strip-mall karaoke bar with a two-hour wait, and the loudest street corner in the South. Where you sleep decides how far you have to get home from it.

Where to stay for the night out
08 — Getting around

Four rail lines, one interchange.

Everything meets at Five Points. If your hotel is a walk from any dot below, you can skip the car for most of a week.

Red line North Springs → Airport
North Springs Buckhead Midtown Five Points Airport
Gold line Doraville → Airport
Doraville Lindbergh Peachtree Center Five Points Airport
Blue line H. E. Holmes → Indian Creek
H. E. Holmes West End Five Points King Memorial Inman Park Decatur
Green line Bankhead → Edgewood
Bankhead Ashby Five Points Inman Park Edgewood
Five Points and the lit city at night Five Points — every line meets here Peachtree Street under the canopy Sixteen minutes from the terminal to downtown
16 min Airport to Five Points $2.50 Single standard fare 38 Rail stations 05:00 First train, weekdays
09 — When to come

Rates and heat, month by month.

Median room Avg high °F
$108 Jan $115 Feb $138 Mar $152 Apr $148 May $142 Jun $132 Jul $121 Aug $145 Sep $158 Oct $132 Nov $118 Dec

Rooms sit at their lowest in mid-January and the back half of August. October is the priciest month of the year — the conventions stack up. Oak and pine pollen peak late March into April, the trade for all that canopy.

10 — Big days

The dates that double your room rate.

Check these before you book. A home game or a convention week can turn a $118 room into a $310 room overnight.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium from the air Sep – Jan Home football Saturdays Georgia Tech downtown, Falcons and Atlanta United at Mercedes-Benz, and the SEC crowd passing through. Downtown and Castleberry Hill go first. Rates +60 – 140% Downtown Atlanta skyline October Convention season The Georgia World Congress Center is the third-largest in the country. When it is full, the whole core is full, and the price is whatever it wants to be. The priciest month Atlanta under blossom and canopy April Dogwood & pollen The prettiest fortnight of the year and the worst for anyone with hay fever. Festivals in Piedmont Park most weekends. Rates +25% Downtown Atlanta on a still day Mid-Jan / late Aug The quiet weeks No conventions, no football, no festivals. The same rooms at their floor price, and you get the trail almost to yourself. Lowest rates of the year
11 — Things to do

Six things worth the morning.

Everything here has been done by someone writing it, with how long it takes, roughly what it costs, and the base that puts it at your door.

All 18, with verdicts
Go Civil rights · Sweet Auburn Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park Half a day · Free Go Outdoors · Old Fourth Ward The Eastside BeltLine, end to end 2–5 hours · Free Go Outdoors · Midtown Piedmont Park at golden hour 1–2 hours · Free Go Rainy day · Midtown The High Museum of Art 2–3 hours · Ticketed If you have time With kids · Downtown Georgia Aquarium Half a day · Ticketed Go Civil rights · Downtown Center for Civil and Human Rights 2 hours · Ticketed
12 — Read first

Written from the trail, not the press pack.

Where to stay in Atlanta without a car Guide · 9 min Where to stay in Atlanta without a car The four neighbourhoods where MARTA and the BeltLine actually overlap, what each costs, and the two places people book by mistake. Read MARTA, honestly Guide · 16 min MARTA, honestly Every station a visitor uses, nine journeys timed, and the exact point where you should stop reading the rail map and take a bike, a bus or a car. Read August heat, and what still works Journal · 10 min August heat, and what still works How to plan an Atlanta day in August around the heat, which neighbourhoods work, and why August hotel rates sit below October. No invented prices or hours. Read
13 — Asked often

Before you book.

Five Points at night Five Points — sixteen minutes from the terminal Krog Street at dusk Krog Street, the east-side crossing
Which neighbourhood if I have no car? +

Midtown or Downtown. Both put you on MARTA rail and within a short walk of the Eastside Trail. Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park are nicer to walk around, but you will use a bike or a short rideshare to reach a train.

How far is the airport? +

Ten miles. The Red and Gold lines run from inside the domestic terminal to Five Points in about sixteen minutes on one standard fare, which beats a rideshare at rush hour. College Park, one stop out, has the cheapest beds in the metro at around $94.

When are rates lowest? +

Mid-January and the back half of August. October is the most expensive month of the year — convention weeks stack up — and any home football Saturday behaves like a separate market.

Is the BeltLine finished? +

No. The Eastside and Westside trails are paved and busy; the Southside is partly open and stitching together. The solid orange stretches on the map are what you can walk today, the dashed green is what is still coming.

Do I need a car in Atlanta? +

Not if you sleep on the loop. Midtown, Downtown, Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park cover most of a week on foot, trail and rail. You will want a car or rideshares for Stone Mountain, the far northern suburbs, or anything after the last train — rail stops running around 01:00 on weekends and earlier midweek.

Is it safe to walk at night? +

The Eastside Trail, Midtown and Decatur are busy and well lit into the evening. The trail itself empties out fast after dark on the Westside and Southside stretches — use the street instead. Standard big-city rules the rest of the time: the difference between two adjacent blocks here can be real.

How much should I budget a night? +

The medians on this page run $94 in College Park to $158 by Piedmont Park, with the city-wide middle at about $126. Add roughly 16% in city and state lodging tax, plus $25–45 a night for parking downtown and in Midtown — worth checking before you compare two rates.

Where do I stay for a game or a concert? +

Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena are both walkable from Downtown and Castleberry Hill, and a short train ride from Midtown. Truist Park is not in the city at all — it is in Cobb County, fifteen miles northwest, and no rail line reaches it, so budget for a car or a long rideshare.

How long do I need? +

Three nights covers the loop, the civil-rights sites and one long dinner. Four or five lets you add Decatur, a museum morning and a day off the grid. Two nights works only if you stay on the Eastside Trail and skip the west side entirely.

What about the pollen? +

It is not a myth. Oak, pine and birch peak from late March into April and counts regularly clear 1,500 grains per cubic metre — the trade for 47.9% tree canopy. If you are sensitive, come in late May or October instead, and pick a hotel with sealed windows and its own air handling.