The Cricket Frog Trail runs from Washington Street, just inside the Covington city limits east of Porterdale, to Ziegler Road, just west of Newborn. The mostly-primitive trail travels through historic Covington, Starrsville and Mansfield and past scenic pastures and woodlands. The trail includes four trestle bridges in need of restoration. Closed to public access, the trestle bridges cross the following waterways:  Dried Indian Creek, the Alcovy River, West Bear Creek,

The Oxford Trail is a 1.2 mile, 8-foot-wide, concrete trail in the City of Oxford. We held a ribbon-cutting for the first segment on July 4, 2005 and added additional sections in 2007 and 2010. Developed by Newton Trails in partnership with the City of Oxford and Oxford College, the trail runs along wooded, undeveloped road rights of way behind the campus and along picturesque Turkey Creek. The trail features benches, a kiosk with information about native plants and animals

Running from Chimney Park and the Newton County Library to Eastside High School, the Eastside Trail is a 2.5-mile, multi-use, greenway trail. Opened in early 2013, the 10-foot-wide concrete path begins off Ramsey Drive in Covington, on the west side of the Newton County Public Library. The first .6 miles meander through a woodland area behind the library and the Newton County Health Center. After winding gently though the woods over rolling terrain, the trail drops down to c