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Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area

Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 4 sights

7 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 4 sights is a 7-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Afton, GA. The route passes Fall Creek Waterfall before reaching Fall Creek Waterfall view at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It climbs 887 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,506 – 2,047 ft · steepest grade: 24%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Turner Trail 34.49521, -84.28076
Nearest town Afton, GA
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Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 4 sights

7 mi · ▲ 887 ft · 2 hr 47 min

Elevation 1,507–2,046 ft

Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Turner Trail · 34.49521, -84.28076

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wildcat Campground Road, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 1.7 miTurn right onto Wildcat Creek Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.8 miPass Fall Creek Waterfall view.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fall Creek Waterfall, heading W.
  6. 350 ftReach Fall Creek Waterfall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fall Creek Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.8 miTurn left onto Wildcat Creek Trail, heading SE.
  9. 1.7 miTurn right onto Wildcat Campground Road, heading S.
  10. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/fall-creek-waterfall-fall-creek-waterfall-view-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

97% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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