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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Edmonson North Trail & Rock Creek Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 781 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Edmonson North Trail & Rock Creek Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 781 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,572 – 2,848 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.66343, -84.12990
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
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Edmonson North Trail & Rock Creek Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 781 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 2,572–2,849 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

  1. Start on Rock Creek Road, heading N.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miSharp right onto Edmonson East Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Edmonson North Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miReach Rock Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Edmonson East Trail, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Rock Creek Road, heading SE.
  11. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/edmonson-north-trail-rock-creek-road-out-back

Trail surface

54% gravel45% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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