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

  1. Start on Reservoir Road, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Orange-Blue Trail, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto WMA Road, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miTurn right onto Ram Road (Green Trail), heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.7 miTurn right onto Mill Road, heading NW.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto abandoned track, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Road, heading N.
  13. 350 ftReach Reservoir Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 350 ftContinue straight onto abandoned track, heading NE.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Road, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 miTurn right onto Ram Road (Green Trail), heading E.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Orange Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.8 miContinue straight onto WMA Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right onto Orange Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.7 miTurn right onto Orange-Blue Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 150 ftContinue straight onto Reservoir Road, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 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

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