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There are mile markers at most every mile in Paulding County but only a few in Cobb, if any.

You probably need to start at 0 mile at Mavel with one of those wheels that you push with a handle that measures mileage... except that the wheel must be calibrated too or you won't be accurate with that method either...

But that would be faster than "pulling chains" which is what surveyors used to do to measure distances. Now they use digital distance meters but they require tripod mounting of the instrument and the target and progress down the trail would be slow... by any accurate surveying method, it would take a couple of weeks or so to get through the 60 miles...

Now if we measure the mileage so that it can be marked accurately, do we do topo or statute miles? In other words, if the land were flat, one mile on a map would be one mile on the ground. But since there are hills and valleys, most miles on the ground will appear shorter than a mile when marked on a map.

I suspect that is how the mile markers got like they are. Some were measured by the actual distance of asphalt between the markers and others were plotted on a flat map and the corresponding points on the trail is where the markers were planted.

I like the actual rolling distance, not the map distance. That way you can compare what your odometer is reading to the markers like on most interstates.