Black Rock Lake–Edmonds Trail (East Fork), 4 sights is a 5.5-mile out-and-back in Black Rock Mountain State Park near Mountain City, GA. The route reaches Black Rock Lake. It climbs 1,828 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,267 – 3,297 ft · steepest grade: 30%5.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Edmonds Trail; Tennessee Rock Trail 34.90709, -83.41203
Nearest town Mountain City, GA
Directions
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Black Rock Lake–Edmonds Trail (East Fork), 4 sights
5.5 mi · ▲ 1,828 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Elevation 2,268–3,299 ft
Out & Back · Black Rock Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Edmonds Trail; Tennessee Rock Trail · 34.90709, -83.41203
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Edmonds Trail; Tennessee Rock Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Tennessee Rock Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Edmonds Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading NE.
- 1.2 miPass Black Rock Lake.
- 0.9 miReach Black Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miTurn left onto Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading S.
- 150 ftBear right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Edmonds Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miSharp left onto Tennessee Rock Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Edmonds Trail; Tennessee Rock Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:55 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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