AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Rock Creek

3.5 mi · ▲ 1,023 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Rock Creek is a 3.5-mile out-and-back near Dennis, GA. It climbs 1,023 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,506 – 2,533 ft · steepest grade: 21%3.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rock Creek 34.74128, -84.67138
Nearest town Dennis, GA
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Rock Creek

3.5 mi · ▲ 1,023 ft · 1 hr 41 min

Elevation 1,505–2,535 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rock Creek · 34.74128, -84.67138

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Rock Creek, heading SE.
  2. 1.8 miReach Rock Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  3. 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rock-creek-out-back

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~56 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:46 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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