Black Rock Lake–Edmonds Trail (East Fork), 6 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Black Rock Mountain State Park near York, GA. The route reaches Black Rock Lake. It climbs 1,290 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,211 – 3,297 ft · steepest grade: 27%5.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Taylor Chapel Road 34.92478, -83.41227
Nearest town York, GA
Directions
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Black Rock Lake–Edmonds Trail (East Fork), 6 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,290 ft · 2 hr 21 min
Elevation 2,210–3,299 ft
Out & Back · Black Rock Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Taylor Chapel Road · 34.92478, -83.41227
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Taylor Chapel Road, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Black Rock Lake.
- 500 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn left onto Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading W.
- 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.
- 0.4 miReach Black Rock Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Tennessee Rock Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Edmonds Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading W.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Taylor Chapel Road, heading E.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
6% paved94% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:55 PM
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