South Rockdale Community Park

Green Jeans–Horse Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Green Jeans–Horse Trail, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in South Rockdale Community Park near Richardson, GA. It climbs 600 ft. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi650 – 889 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.61138, -84.13682
Nearest town Richardson, GA

Directions

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Green Jeans–Horse Trail, 5 sights

5 mi · ▲ 600 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 648–890 ft

Out & Back · South Rockdale Community Park

Trailhead: 33.61138, -84.13682

Weather Sep 7: Heavy showers, high 86°F / low 73° · precip 27% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Primitive trail, heading SE.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto White mark trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left onto red marks, heading SE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 250 ftBear right, heading NE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Ken Miller Loop, heading NE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 250 ftBear left onto Private trail, heading E.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Horse Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto South Rock, heading SE.
  15. 200 ftContinue straight onto Private trail, heading SE.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 450 ftContinue straight onto Red Neck Drive Boulevard, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftTurn left onto South Rock, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rockdale River Trail, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto South Rock, heading SE.
  24. 500 ftBear left onto Rockdale River Trail, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear right onto Green Jeans, heading S.
  27. 250 ftBear left onto red mark trail, heading S.
  28. 50 ftBear left onto Green Jeans, heading S.
  29. 400 ftTurn left onto Rockdale River Trail, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 150 ftContinue straight onto South Rock, heading NW.
  32. 50 ftBear left onto Ken Miller Loop, heading NW.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  34. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  36. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  38. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  40. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

47% dirt3% paved50% unspecified

Weather

Heavy showersTemperature 86°F73°
Precip27%Wind5 mphUV6Humidity78%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
90°70° 12 AM: 5% rain1 AM: 11% rain2 AM: 9% rain3 AM: 7% rain4 AM: 9% rain5 AM: 7% rain6 AM: 5% rain7 AM: 4% rain8 AM: 2% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 4% rain11 AM: 4% rain12 PM: 3% rain1 PM: 8% rain2 PM: 7% rain3 PM: 9% rain4 PM: 21% rain5 PM: 27% rain6 PM: 25% rain7 PM: 12% rain8 PM: 7% rain9 PM: 5% rain10 PM: 5% rain11 PM: 8% rain
Sunrise 7:15 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:56 PM
Tue 84°70°
Wed 90°66°
Thu 94°68° 52%
Fri 93°72° 48%
Sat 96°68° 32%
Sun 96°68° 17%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:33 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:13 PM — 8 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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