Cascades–Bronner Road, 4 sights is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Sweetwater Creek State Park near Lake Estates, GA. The route reaches Cascades. It climbs 354 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi850 – 1,181 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.75329, -84.62854
Nearest town Lake Estates, GA
Directions
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Cascades–Bronner Road, 4 sights
3.4 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 850–1,183 ft
Out & Back · Sweetwater Creek State Park
Trailhead: 33.75329, -84.62854
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 96°F / low 71° · precip 23% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:17 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Red Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Trail Connector, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Yellow Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto unmarked trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Bronner Road, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Factory Shoals Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Yellow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Trail Connector, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
57% dirt7% gravel1% boardwalk1% paved34% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 96°F71°
Precip23%Wind8 mphUV8Humidity77%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
100°70°
Sunrise 7:17 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:59 PM
Mon
83°73°
17%
Tue
86°70°
Wed
94°73°
Thu
94°75°
50%
Fri
94°74°
51%
Sat
95°73°
31%
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Green Trail–Red Trail Loop, 3 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 174 ft
- Factory Shoals Road–Red Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 172 ft
- Blue Trail–Factory Shoals Road, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 200 ft
- Jack's Hill–Green Trail, 3 sights 2.6 mi · ▲ 229 ft
- George H Sparks Reservoir–Bronner Road, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 364 ft
- waterfall–Jack's Lake, 4 sights 3.8 mi · ▲ 179 ft
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