Lower Emery Creek Road & McCranie Road via Emery Creek Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 1,842 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Lower Emery Creek Road & McCranie Road via Emery Creek Trail is a 13.7-mile out-and-back near Pleasant Hill, GA. It climbs 1,842 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Lower Emery Creek Road & McCranie Road via Emery Creek Trail
13.7 mi · ▲ 1,842 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,196–1,756 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: McCranie Road · 34.80166, -84.62177
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
- Start on McCranie Road, heading NW.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading N.
- 3.9 miTurn left onto Emery Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Emery Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miReach McCranie Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Emery Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Emery Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading NE.
- 3.9 miTurn left onto McCranie Road, heading W.
- 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:52 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:56 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from McCranie Road Trailhead
- McCranie Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 742 ft
- Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15–Emery Creek Viewpoint, 4 sights 13.7 mi · ▲ 1,895 ft
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