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
- Start on Edmonson South Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Edmonson East Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Rock Creek Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Long Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.8 miReach Rock Creek Lake Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Edmonson East Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Edmonson South Trail, heading N.
- 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
More from Edmonson South Trail Trailhead
- Edmonson Branch Trail–Edmonson North Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 522 ft
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