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Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area

Ford Road

5 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Ford Road is a 5-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Dawsonville, GA. It climbs 698 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,112 – 1,362 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.40533, -84.18022
Nearest town Dawsonville, GA
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Ford Road

5 mi · ▲ 698 ft · 2 hr 1 min

Elevation 1,113–1,361 ft

Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.40533, -84.18022

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Ford Road, heading E.
  5. 0.4 miReach Ford Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 1.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.9 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/ford-road-out-back-338d

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

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