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FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail–Moss Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back near Nimblewill, GA. It climbs 812 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 74/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,624 – 2,034 ft6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: High Rock Trail 34.58589, -84.12500
Nearest town Nimblewill, GA

Directions

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FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail–Moss Creek Trail, 3 sights

6.3 mi · ▲ 812 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 1,624–2,034 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: High Rock Trail · 34.58589, -84.12500

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on High Rock Trail, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Moss Creek Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miSharp right onto FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail, heading SE.
  4. 1.4 miSharp right onto FDR-28C Nimblewill Branch -C Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 miSharp left onto Nimblewill Branch - C Spur, heading NE.
  6. 0.5 miReach Moss Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right onto FDR-28C Nimblewill Branch -C Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.4 miSharp left onto FDR-872 Jones Creek Dam Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.4 miSharp left onto Moss Creek Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.8 miTurn right onto High Rock Trail, heading S.
  11. 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

68% dirt2% gravel30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

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