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Doll’s Head Trail in Atlanta offers cool but spooky rides

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Doll’s Head Trail in Atlanta offers cool but spooky rides

The Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

The Doll’s Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

Art walks and sculpture gardens aren’t incredibly unique, but Constitution Lakes Park, south of Atlanta, has one of the more bizarre examples.

Doll’s Head Trail is exactly what it sounds like: a trailhead with doll heads, among other body parts.

Those who hike from the Constitution Lakes Park trailhead deep into the woods on the paved path will eventually come across a small loop decorated with a variety of strange and intriguing artwork including electronics, hardware fishing and old toys.

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The Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.The Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

The Doll’s Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

The business was started in 2010 by Joel Slaton, a local carpenter, who was exploring the park and digging up all sorts of discarded items, including many doll parts, from a pit and the nearby river. The original source of these dolls remains a mystery, but it was an intriguing discovery. Instead of throwing them away, he combined the treasures he found into new works of art and created a makeshift trail in the middle of the woods. As this creative yet spooky attraction gained attention, Slaton eventually received permission from DeKalb County to maintain the trail.

“It snowballed through social media and word of mouth,” he said. “The way he held up was really great.”

Today, the trail is maintained by volunteers who ensure guests don’t bring anything offensive. However, they are welcome to create and bring their own artwork from discarded items found in the park. This helps preserve the natural beauty of the park while promoting its fashion-forward accessories.

The Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.The Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

The Doll’s Head Trail at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta is made up of a variety of found objects discovered throughout the park, including bricks, antique toys, signs, and dolls. Volunteers maintain the trail to ensure people do not bring outside items to update the trail.

“For every piece that’s on the trail, we removed 100 pieces of trash,” Slaton said in an interview with Rails to Trails Conservancy. “People help maintain the trail and pick up trash. The South River flows out of Atlanta; every big rain, all this plastic debris gets lodged in the undergrowth. People collect it. People put out river tires and stacked them (by themselves). People see what needs to be done and they do it.

Constitution Lakes Park is located in Atlanta at 1305 S. River Industrial Blvd. SE. It’s open all week. For more information on the Doll’s Head Trail, visit atlantatrails.com.

This article was originally published on Augusta Chronicle: Doll’s Head Trail is a spooky place at Constitution Lakes Park in Atlanta.

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