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Bob Callan Connector & West Palisades is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in CRNRA - Palisades Unit near Treetop, GA. It climbs 774 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Akers Ridge Drive Southeast 33.89133, -84.44621
Nearest town Treetop, GA

Directions

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Bob Callan Connector & West Palisades

4.9 mi · ▲ 774 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 768–1,012 ft

Out & Back · CRNRA - Palisades Unit

Trailhead: Akers Ridge Drive Southeast · 33.89133, -84.44621

Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 85°F / low 73° · precip 18% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miBear right onto West Palisades, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Tower Creek Parkway Southeast, heading N.
  5. 250 ftTurn left onto Bob Callan Connector, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach West Palisades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Tower Creek Parkway Southeast, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftTurn right onto Bob Callan Trail, heading NE.
  9. 1.1 miSharp left onto West Palisades, heading SE.
  10. 1.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 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

48% dirt10% paved8% gravel34% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 85°F73°
Precip18%Wind9 mphUV7Humidity77%
Rained 0.1″ 2 days ago
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70° 12 AM: 13% rain1 AM: 12% rain2 AM: 6% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 3% rain5 AM: 4% rain6 AM: 3% rain7 AM: 2% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 1% rain11 AM: 2% rain12 PM: 2% rain1 PM: 4% rain2 PM: 4% rain3 PM: 8% rain4 PM: 14% rain5 PM: 18% rain6 PM: 17% rain7 PM: 6% rain8 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 7:16 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Tue 86°70°
Wed 93°72°
Thu 92°76° 51%
Fri 93°73° 49%
Sat 95°73° 30%
Sun 97°74° 15%

Good to know

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