Murphy River Walk and Konehete Park Murphy, NC

The Murphy River Walk is an 'approximately' 3-4 mile easy trail 'conceived' in 2002 and improvements continue today. It stretches from Konehete Park to the Old L&N Depot in historic Murphy, NC. Built and maintained by volunteers from the Murphy River Walk & Canoe Trails Project Team sponsored by Heritage Partners. The 'center loop' is at the confluence of two rivers the Valley River and the Hiwassee River which includes Hiwassee Lake. The trail finds it's way through rock cliffs, a hardwood forest, a marshy wetland, and open meadowland. Besides the hiking trail which has fishing spots literally built into the trail there are canoe trails also along the rivers and lakes which change with the seasons. In the summer when Hiwassee Lake is full backing up into the rivers and low lands it covers some of the hiking trails but opens up more places for canoers to paddle around in. But watch out though Cherokee Legend tells of a giant living in these here waters. You can read about it along the trail or listen to the audio tour provided via QR codes along the trail. Or at the Koehete Park trailhead side you can visit the local pool the Murphy Health and Fitness where you can swim get buff or both. Or you can play baseball, basketball, tennis, cookout with the family and let the kids play on the playground at Koehete Park. How they managed to fit so much stuff to do in so little space is beyond me but it is pretty swell. Besides the pool there wasn't nothing there but trees and water when I was a kid. So much to do right in your backyard you have no excuse so you should probably.....

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For more information or to donate to help improve and preserve the walk please visit www.HeritagePartners.org.
"The River Walk is funded by private donations, public contributions, and grants"

35° 5'27.29"N, 84° 1'43.55"W

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