Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Orange Trail & Reservoir Road
7.1 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Orange Trail & Reservoir Road is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Barrettsville, GA. It climbs 668 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,122 – 1,319 ft7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Reservoir Road 34.35185, -84.16592
Nearest town Barrettsville, GA
Directions
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Orange Trail & Reservoir Road
7.1 mi · ▲ 668 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 1,122–1,320 ft
Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Reservoir Road · 34.35185, -84.16592
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Reservoir Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Orange-Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto WMA Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Ram Road (Green Trail), heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Mill Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto abandoned track, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Road, heading N.
- 350 ftReach Reservoir Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto abandoned track, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Ram Road (Green Trail), heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto WMA Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Orange-Blue Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
63% dirt21% gravel16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
More from Reservoir Road Trailhead
- Orange-Blue Trail & Reservoir Road 2.8 mi · ▲ 274 ft
- Pink Trail–Reservoir Road, 3 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 229 ft
- Blue-Pink Trail–Pink Trail, 4 sights 3.9 mi · ▲ 266 ft
- Ram Road (Green Trail) Viewpoint–Orange Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 358 ft
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