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.

Elevation

0 mi1,821 – 3,015 ft · steepest grade: 23%5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Tobacco Pouch Road 34.50686, -84.33485
Nearest town Burnt Mountain Estates, GA

Directions

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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

  1. Start on Tobacco Pouch Road, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Fall Creek Trail, heading NE.
  3. 1.9 miSharp right onto Fall Creek Waterfall, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftPass Fall Creek Waterfall view.
  5. 200 ftReach Fall Creek Waterfall, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto Fall Creek Trail, heading E.
  7. 1 miTurn right onto Tobacco Pouch Trail, heading SW.
  8. 1.9 miTurn left onto Tobacco Pouch Road, heading NW.
  9. 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.

Trail surface

82% dirt18% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:59 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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