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Yonah Preserve

Turner Reservoir–Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 117 ft · 44 min

Turner Reservoir–Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 2-mile out-and-back in Yonah Preserve near Yonah, GA. The route passes Turner Reservoir and Turner Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 117 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,483 – 1,585 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Cherokee Trail 34.62681, -83.77878
Nearest town Yonah, GA
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Turner Reservoir–Creek Trail, 3 sights

2 mi · ▲ 117 ft · 44 min

Elevation 1,483–1,586 ft

Out & Back · Yonah Preserve

Trailhead: Cherokee Trail · 34.62681, -83.77878

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Creek Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Turner Reservoir.
  3. 0.3 miContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miPass Turner Reservoir.
  5. 150 ftContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading N.
  6. 350 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading N.
  9. 250 ftContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading N.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading N.
  11. 0.4 miReach Turner Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading SW.
  14. 250 ftContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading SW.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto EMS 200, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Creek Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 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/turner-reservoir-turner-reservoir-out-back-4-sights-3-km

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:36 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:56 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:22 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Yonah, Georgia