This is not a worthwhile destination. I was desperate for a family hike so I took the family here. It is about a 1.5 walk on a crushed gravel path with no shade and no sights. The first bit is through grassland, then under the highway that will be very muddy if it has rained in the last 48 hours to a circle path in a field. Then back the way you came. There are some infographic panels with some history on the areas early residents, but it is nothing worth making the trip for. The mounds they refer to have long been demolished to build roadbeds. Just trust me, and I love parks/hikes, it is a waste of time. Go hike Coopers furnace, Pine Mountain, or Red Top Mountain instead. Or bike/hike the nearby and much better Etowah Riverwalk.

Very disappointing. If hoping for some history, there are 18 checkpoint interpretive signs offering scannable QR codes dotting an otherwise very unscenic, smelly, and slightly formidable trail that winds around semi trucks and industrialization offices. The websites about Leake Mounds, while mentioning that excavation has occurred, dont directly mention that there are, in fact, zero mounds or artifacts. We parked at the Riverwalk Connector, which is technically the start of the trail, but would never recommend because it includes a tense .5 mi walk along the highway, which you then have to repeat to leave. Though this one is free, thats its only redeeming factor. Etowah Mounds is worth it instead!

How depressing.First of all, Google Maps will bring you to a paved parking lot. There is a boat launch on the Etowah River there, and the start of another trail, maintained by the city, that apparently takes you to an area near the Etowah Mounds. The start of the Leake trail isnt there though. To get to the actual trailhead, youll have to walk up to and along the road you just turned off of, with cars and trucks zooming by very close to you. Go across the river and down River Ct. and at the end, on the right, youll see some signs for more trail parking, though in the grass and mud. The gravel trail starts there. The signs that are up have archaeological facts on them you could just look up on Google. There was no map at the fields for example showing you exactly where these mounds were, and only a small picture or two of what the area once looked like. Dirt from the mounds was regrettably used back in the 1940s to build up local roads. So theres nothing but some flat grassy lots left.The trail has you go through an underpass under the road. It rained a few days back, so there was some standing water and very slippery mud through here. There was also quite a lot of graffiti, including one huge spray-painted depiction of a portion of the male anatomy at the start of the underpass. Go further and there are some upside-down pentagrams and odd writings all through the tunnel. Whether the work of bored teenagers, homeless folk, or if this is where the Satanist community in Cartersville hangs out, it doesnt make you feel that safe to be out there. Besides, if you slipped and fell in the red clay mud in that tunnel itd be awhile before anyone found you! Theres no park office, no people around, and the trail is surrounded by an industrial area. Not a place for kids.If they ever bought up surrounding property and perhaps re-created the mounds and what the place must have looked like back then, it might be worth your time, but as it is, dont bother. Just go to the Etowah Mounds.

A little rough but some will enjoy it

Great place cool trail lot a history as you walk on the trail. I can be a little soggy at times but very well worth the walk to learn some local history.

Its a good trail well marked and maintained, best part was the pokestops.

Interpretive is a euphemism for imaginary. This is a gravel path through an industrial complex that leads to a flooded tunnel running under a highway. The trail ends up in an equally depressing empty field on the other side of the thoroughfare. There are no mounds of any kind.

1.5 mile loop, not very well maintained. Parking is convenient.

An informative walk through the history of the Native population that called this particular part of the south home. Ruffly every two hundred yards there is another sign with fun facts and pictures. I would suggest it for small groups of highschool or older people. They have large feilds but no picnic area, vending machines, restrooms, or playground yet.A nice place to take a quiet walk to either next to the river or to the train tracks. Very interesting signs and what is there is well maintained right off the main road and its open from sun up to sun down.

There is literally nothing to see.

It is all gravel.