Taylor Chapel Road is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in Black Rock Mountain State Park near Mountain City, GA. It climbs 896 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,307 – 2,940 ft · steepest grade: 28%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Edmonds Trail (East Fork) 34.91943, -83.40364
Nearest town Mountain City, GA
Directions
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Taylor Chapel Road
2.7 mi · ▲ 896 ft · 1 hr 21 min
Elevation 2,306–2,939 ft
Out & Back · Black Rock Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Edmonds Trail (East Fork) · 34.91943, -83.40364
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:11 AM · sunset 7:55 PM
- Start on Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading NW.
- 200 ftBear right onto Taylor Chapel Road, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right onto Edmonds Trail (West Fork), heading N.
- 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miSharp left onto Taylor Chapel Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Edmonds Trail (East Fork), heading SE.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
64% dirt33% paved3% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:11 AMSunset 7:55 PM
More from Edmonds Trail (East Fork) Trailhead
- Black Rock Lake & Taylor Chapel Road via Edmonds Trail (East Fork) 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,039 ft
- Edmonds Trail (East Fork)–Edmonds Trail (West Fork), 3 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,411 ft
- Edmonds Trail (East Fork)–Edmonds Trail (West Fork), 4 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,511 ft
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