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Bob Callan Connector & West Palisades is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in CRNRA - Palisades Unit near The Highlands at Akers, GA. It climbs 657 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi768 – 1,011 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bob Callan Trail 33.89378, -84.45734
Nearest town The Highlands at Akers, GA

Directions

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Bob Callan Connector & West Palisades

5.1 mi · ▲ 657 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 768–1,012 ft

Out & Back · CRNRA - Palisades Unit

Trailhead: Bob Callan Trail · 33.89378, -84.45734

Weather Sep 7: Light drizzle, high 97°F / low 72° · precip 16% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:59 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Bob Callan Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bob Callan Connector, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Tower Creek Parkway Southeast, heading S.
  4. 250 ftTurn right onto Bob Callan Trail, heading SW.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto West Palisades, heading SE.
  6. 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miReach Bob Callan Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  10. 350 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 1.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  12. 1.1 miTurn left onto Tower Creek Parkway Southeast, heading NW.
  13. 250 ftTurn left onto Bob Callan Connector, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftTurn right onto Bob Callan Trail, heading NW.
  15. 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 surface

40% dirt11% gravel10% paved39% unspecified

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 97°F72°
Precip16%Wind10 mphUV8Humidity75%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
100°70° 12 AM: 9% rain1 AM: 5% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 2% rain5 AM: 1% rain6 AM: 1% rain3 PM: 4% rain4 PM: 8% rain5 PM: 9% rain6 PM: 4% rain7 PM: 3% rain8 PM: 8% rain9 PM: 8% rain10 PM: 14% rain11 PM: 16% rain
Sunrise 7:16 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Mon 83°73° 19%
Tue 86°70°
Wed 94°73°
Thu 93°76° 51%
Fri 94°73° 49%
Sat 95°74° 30%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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