Hard Labor Creek State Park
Yellow Loop via Blue Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Yellow Loop via Blue Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Hard Labor Creek State Park near Fairplay, GA. It climbs 720 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Yellow Loop via Blue Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 720 ft · 3 hr 10 min
Elevation 566–761 ft
Out & Back · Hard Labor Creek State Park
Trailhead: 33.65269, -83.58258
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 84°F / low 72° · precip 27% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:54 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Yellow Loop, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 1.9 miBear left, heading NE.
- 1.2 miReach Yellow Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 3.1 miTurn right onto Yellow Loop, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Blue Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Camp Rutledge Road Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:54 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:26 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Yellow Loop via Blue Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 180 ft
- Lake Rutledge via Blue Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 352 ft
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