Cochran Shoals Unit
Power's Island–Sibley Pond, 3 groves
8 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Power's Island–Sibley Pond, 3 groves is an 8-mile out-and-back in Cochran Shoals Unit near Treetop, GA. The route passes Power's Island before reaching Sibley Pond at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 505 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Power's Island–Sibley Pond, 3 groves
8 mi · ▲ 505 ft · 2 hr 55 min
Elevation 784–1,022 ft
Out & Back · Cochran Shoals Unit
Trailhead: 33.89636, -84.44484
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 83°F / low 74° · precip 21% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Power's Island.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Cochran Shoals, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Sope Creek, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 350 ftPass Sibley Pond.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Cochran Shoals, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading SW.
- 1.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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