CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit

Vickery Creek Falls & Oxbo Trail via Vickery Creek Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 180 ft · 55 min

Vickery Creek Falls & Oxbo Trail via Vickery Creek Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back in CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit near Roswell, GA. The route reaches Vickery Creek Falls. It is mostly level, with 180 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi925 – 1,043 ft · steepest grade: 18%2.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Oxbo Trail 34.01709, -84.35774
Nearest town Roswell, GA

Directions

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Vickery Creek Falls & Oxbo Trail via Vickery Creek Trail

2.5 mi · ▲ 180 ft · 55 min

Elevation 927–1,044 ft

Out & Back · CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit

Trailhead: Oxbo Trail · 34.01709, -84.35774

Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 94°F / low 72° · precip 13% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Oxbo Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Vickery Creek Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miPass Vickery Creek Falls.
  5. 1.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  6. 150 ftTurn left onto Oxbo Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

83% dirt17% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 94°F72°
Feels like85°Precip13%Wind9 mphUV8Humidity73%
Hourly temperature
95°70°
Sunrise 7:15 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Mon 85°73° 17%
Tue 90°71°
Wed 93°72°
Thu 93°77° 29%
Fri 93°72° 51%
Sat 95°71° 37%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead