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FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail & FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail

9.3 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 3 hr 29 min

FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail & FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail is a 9.3-mile out-and-back near Nimblewill, GA. It climbs 783 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,608 – 1,929 ft9.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: McCutcheon Cove Loop 34.60074, -84.15167
Nearest town Nimblewill, GA
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FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail & FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail

9.3 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 3 hr 29 min

Elevation 1,606–1,930 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: McCutcheon Cove Loop · 34.60074, -84.15167

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on McCutcheon Cove Loop, heading SW.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail, heading E.
  3. 2 miBear left onto FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail, heading E.
  4. 2.4 miReach FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.4 miBear right onto FDR-83 Bull Mountain Cutoff Trail, heading NW.
  6. 2 miContinue straight onto McCutcheon Cove Loop, heading W.
  7. 0.2 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/fdr-83-bull-mountain-cutoff-trail-fdr-872-jones-creek-dam-trail-out-back

Trail surface

95% dirt5% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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