CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit

Vickery Creek Falls–Roswell Mill, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Vickery Creek Falls–Roswell Mill, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit near Roswell, GA. The route passes Roswell Mill and Vickery Creek Falls. It climbs 384 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi860 – 1,043 ft5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.00617, -84.35090
Nearest town Roswell, GA

Directions

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Vickery Creek Falls–Roswell Mill, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 384 ft · 1 hr 52 min

Elevation 859–1,044 ft

Out & Back · CRNRA - Vickery Creek Unit

Trailhead: 34.00617, -84.35090

Weather Sep 6: Overcast, high 95°F / low 71° · precip 19% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pipe, heading N.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miPass Roswell Mill.
  6. 400 ftContinue straight onto Vickery Creek Trail, heading E.
  7. 50 ftPass Vickery Creek Falls.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Oxbo Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.5 miReach Vickery Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 150 ftTurn left onto Vickery Creek Trail, heading E.
  13. 1.8 miSharp right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Pipe, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 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 surface

69% dirt11% paved20% unspecified

Weather

OvercastTemperature 95°F71°
Feels like91°Precip19%Wind7 mphUV8Humidity49%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
95°70° 12 AM: 6% rain1 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 2% rain3 AM: 2% rain6 AM: 1% rain8 AM: 2% rain3 PM: 6% rain4 PM: 11% rain5 PM: 10% rain6 PM: 4% rain7 PM: 2% rain8 PM: 5% rain9 PM: 7% rain10 PM: 18% rain11 PM: 19% rain
Sunrise 7:15 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:58 PM
Mon 86°73° 22%
Tue 90°72°
Wed 93°72°
Thu 93°77° 29%
Fri 94°72° 51%
Sat 95°71° 38%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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