AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Anna Ruby Falls & Old FSR 690 / No Trail Access via Smith Creek

8 mi · ▲ 1,702 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Anna Ruby Falls & Old FSR 690 / No Trail Access via Smith Creek is an 8-mile out-and-back near Robertstown, GA. It climbs 1,702 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,726 – 2,681 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Anna Ruby Picnic 34.75546, -83.71029
Nearest town Robertstown, GA
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Anna Ruby Falls & Old FSR 690 / No Trail Access via Smith Creek

8 mi · ▲ 1,702 ft · 3 hr 31 min

Elevation 1,725–2,679 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Anna Ruby Picnic · 34.75546, -83.71029

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Anna Ruby Picnic, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Anna Ruby Falls, heading NW.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right onto Smith Creek, heading SE.
  4. 2.4 miBear right onto Old FSR 690 / No Trail Access, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Smith Creek, heading SW.
  6. 1.1 miReach Anna Ruby Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Old FSR 690 / No Trail Access, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miBear left onto Smith Creek, heading NE.
  9. 2.4 miSharp left onto Anna Ruby Falls, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 300 ftContinue straight onto Anna Ruby Picnic, heading SE.
  12. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/anna-ruby-falls-old-fsr-690-no-trail-access-out-back-13-km

Trail surface

9% paved91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from Anna Ruby Picnic Trailhead

Hikes near Robertstown, Georgia