Connecting Communities for economic development opportunities and exceptional quality of life.
The developing 20-mile hiking and biking trail will be a mix of natural surface, crushed cinder and paved as it wanders along the river banks and into eastern Burke County, NC downtowns of –
Drexel, Valdese, Rutherford College, Connelly Springs, Rhodhiss, Long View and Hildebran.

Glen Alpine will be a part of the Fonta Flora State Trail.