Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 5 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,455 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 5 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Burnt Mountain Estates, GA. The route passes Fall Creek Waterfall and Fall Creek Waterfall view. It climbs 1,455 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 5 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,455 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,822–3,016 ft
Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Tobacco Pouch Road · 34.50686, -84.33485
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tobacco Pouch Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Fall Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miSharp right onto Fall Creek Waterfall, heading SW.
- 150 ftPass Fall Creek Waterfall view.
- 200 ftReach Fall Creek Waterfall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Fall Creek Trail, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right onto Tobacco Pouch Trail, heading SW.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Tobacco Pouch Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tobacco Pouch Road Trailhead
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- Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,294 ft
- Waterfall #4–Falls Creek Road and Trail, 4 sights 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft
- Falls Creek Road and Trail–Rocky Ford Trail Loop, 9 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 2,166 ft
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