Chattahoochee Bend State Park

Since starting my search for wild spaces to practice re-wilding, I already notice that I am looking into wooded areas on the sides of roads, trying to scope out how deep the woods go.  I am looking at the world differently, as if I am looking for refuge, perhaps not unlike deer or other animals.  It's as if I am reverse-mapping my environment, in contrast with my usual way of seeing, with the man-made roads and destinations being the foreground and the undeveloped areas in the background.

I think I have found a park that will be perfect, though it's a 30 minute drive from my home, Chattahoochee Bend State Park.  Someone wrote a review of the Park that seemed pertinent:

"This is one of the State's latest parks.  It is still "in progress".  We walked the trail to the lookout tower.  Easy, flat trail running through a heavily wooded area.  There is not much to do for little kids.  I think the park is for nature enthusiasts at this point.  People who like very little modern amenities to come between themselves and nature.  They have plan to manicure and expand "man made" areas in the future.  If you have a list of State parks to visit and explore include this one for kayaking, staying in a yurt like cabin. Bring your own entertainment.  Absolutely no cell phone service either. Just nature."

Yet in spite of that enticing description, the area is still being disrupted by human activity: this was posted on the park website:

"TIMBER NOTICE: Through February, the River Trail from mile marker 4 northward as well as the North Backcountry Primitive Campsites, will be closed due to a timber harvest."
 

I got some history about the park on Wikipedia:  "The name Chattahoochee is thought to come from a Muskogean word meaning "rocks-marked" (or "painted"), from chato ("rock") plus huchi ("marked"). This possibly refers to the many colorful granite outcroppings along the northeast-to-southwest segment of the river. The vicinity of the Chattahoochee River was inhabited in prehistoric times by indigenous peoples since at least 1000 BC.  

Among the historical nations, the Chattahoochee served as a dividing line between the Muscogee (Creek) (to the east) and the Cherokee territories (to the west) in the Southeast. The United States accomplished the removal of Native Americans, to extinguish their claims and make way for European-American settlement, through a series of treaties, land lotteries, and forced removals lasting from 1820 through 1832. The Muscogee were first removed from the southeastern side of the river, and then the Cherokee from the northwest.

The Chattahoochee River is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles (690 km) long.^[3] The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachiacola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin (ACF River Basin). The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin. 

Since the late twentieth century, the non-profit organization, Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper,advocates for the preservation of the environment and ecology of the northern part of the river, including the portion adjacent to Atlanta."