Peavine Creek is an important tributary to the South Fork of Peachtree Creek. It meets the larger creek at Old Briarcliff Road just below Sage Hill near Clifton Road.  The trail across the creek from Emory’s Peavine Road is a soft surfaced adventure in woods and at the foot of a steep slope where the creek forces its way through giant rock narrows. The entire trail is on Emory University property and visitors are expected to be good stewards of the school’s permission to use the trail.

The creek’s headwaters drain from many neighborhoods.  The Decatur City Cemetery, Candler Park’s Golf Course and most of Druid Hills sends tributary water into Peavine. Golf balls and baseballs from Emory’s baseball fields are often prized by the children who find them in the current.

The Peavine Confluence Rain Garden is about a fifteen-minute walk down the trail. It is across the creek from the parking area for Emory’s Candler Field.  The trail continues past the garden to Old Briarcliff Road. A popular loop trail is to cross the creek and return upstream on the right, or north bank, past the Candler playing fields, the baseball diamond and onto Eagle Row. The Oxford Road entrance to campus is a block away from Emory Road and a return to the trail head at 1455 Emory Road.

An easy half mile trail on Emory University property with views of Peavine Creek and its beaches begins at the intersection of Harvard and Emory Roads.  The trail downstream follows the county sewer easement through old growth pines and poplars.

Parking:

On-street parking is available, but users must be mindful of all posted signs.