Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Edmonson East Trail & Rock Creek Road
3 mi · ▲ 1,015 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Edmonson East Trail & Rock Creek Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 1,015 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,585 – 3,379 ft · steepest grade: 44%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.66343, -84.12990
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Edmonson East Trail & Rock Creek Road
3 mi · ▲ 1,015 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 2,585–3,380 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.66343, -84.12990
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Rock Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading N.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Edmonson East Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miReach Rock Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Creek Road, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
53% gravel46% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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