Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Waterfall #4–Falls Creek Road and Trail, 4 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Waterfall #4–Falls Creek Road and Trail, 4 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area near Burnt Mountain Estates, GA. The route reaches Waterfall #4. It climbs 1,721 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Waterfall #4–Falls Creek Road and Trail, 4 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 1,721 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 1,650–3,016 ft
Out & Back · Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Tobacco Pouch Road · 34.50686, -84.33485
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tobacco Pouch Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Tobacco Pouch Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Fall Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto unmarked, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Waterfall #4, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Fall Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 3.2 miTurn right onto Tobacco Pouch Road, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Tobacco Pouch Road Trailhead
- Tobacco Pouch Road and Trail via Tobacco Pouch Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 526 ft
- Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 1,294 ft
- Fall Creek Waterfall–Fall Creek Waterfall view, 5 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,455 ft
- Falls Creek Road and Trail–Rocky Ford Trail Loop, 9 sights 9.7 mi · ▲ 2,166 ft
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