Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Long Creek Road & Rock Creek Lake Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,957 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Long Creek Road & Rock Creek Lake Road is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Gaddistown, GA. It climbs 1,957 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,585 – 3,376 ft · steepest grade: 27%10.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Edmonson South Trail 34.66771, -84.12500
Nearest town Gaddistown, GA

Directions

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Long Creek Road & Rock Creek Lake Road

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,957 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 2,585–3,375 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Edmonson South Trail · 34.66771, -84.12500

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

  1. Start on Edmonson South Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.3 miTurn left onto Edmonson East Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Road, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 1 miBear left, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftTurn left onto Long Creek Road, heading NW.
  11. 1.8 miReach Rock Creek Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 2.1 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading E.
  15. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right onto Edmonson East Trail, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right onto Edmonson South Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

42% gravel15% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

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