Beaver Dam Road (Red Trail)–Blue-Red Trail, 4 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Barrettsville, GA. It climbs 692 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,027 – 1,293 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Powerline Road (Blue Trail) 34.37488, -84.13999
Nearest town Barrettsville, GA
Directions
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Beaver Dam Road (Red Trail)–Blue-Red Trail, 4 sights
6 mi · ▲ 692 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 1,026–1,293 ft
Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Powerline Road (Blue Trail) · 34.37488, -84.13999
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Powerline Road (Blue Trail), heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Blue-Red Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Beaver Dam Road (Red Trail), heading S.
- 0.4 miReach Blue-Red Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Powerline Road (Red Trail), heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Powerline Road (Blue Trail), heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
28% dirt13% gravel59% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
More from Powerline Road (Blue Trail) Trailhead
- Powerline Road (Red Trail) 2 mi · ▲ 96 ft
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