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Black Rock Mountain (Summit Elevation: 3640 ft.) Lookoff Mountain 3500 3200 (Elevation: 3162 ft.) 3450 3000 Black Rock Mountain State Park, named for its sheer cliffs of 3400 dark-colored biotite gneiss, encompasses some of the most 2800 3350 outstanding country in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Located 2600 astride the Eastern Continental Divide at an altitude of 3,640 3300 feet, Black Rock Mountain is the highest state park in Georgia. 2400 3250 Numberous scenic overlooks provide spectacular 80-mile vistas of 01 23 4567 01 2 the Southern Appalachians, and several hiking trails lead visitors past colorful wildflowers, sparkling streams, small waterfalls and 2.2-Mile Loop 7.2-Mile Loop Obstacles may include uneven surfaces, exposed lush forests. Grade Avg. Travel Time: One and a Half Hour Avg. Travel Time: 4 Hours rock and tree roots, fallen trees and/or limbs, steps, Foot Travel Only Foot Travel Only long steep grades, loose stones and leaf litter, TRAIL SAFETY & ETIQUETTE X-slope softness, mud, icing or other slick conditions when Compacted Natural Soil Surface • Tell someone your itinerary and expected return time. Compacted Natural Soil Surface Avg. Grade: 10% Max: 25%/200LF • Be prepared for unexpected weather changes by dressing Avg. Grade: 10% Max: 25%/250LF wet, poisonous plants, heat and cold in season, Min. Width: 18 inches in layers and carrying rain gear. Unexpected rain and wind Min. Width: 18 inches Width insects, snakes and wild animals including bears. Avg. X-slope: 10% Max: 25%/50LF can lead to hypothermia. Always carry quality rain gear and Avg. X-slope: 10% Max: 30%/200LF turn back in bad weather. If you become wet or cold, it is Backcountry Camping by Permit Only. The yellow-blazed 2.2-mile Tennessee Rock Trail, winding its way through some of the highest and lushest forests, is the park’s important to get dry and warm as quickly as possible. Camping allowed on four designated campsites. See map for locations. Ada-hi Falls Trail • Dress in layers and avoid cotton. Luckily, today’s hikers Advance reservations required. Call 1-800-864-7275. most popular hiking trail. Rated by experienced hikers as “easy to can choose from numerous fabrics that wick moisture, dry .25-Mile Loop moderate,” the trail offers most visitors a perfect opportunity to quickly or conserve heat. Many experienced hikers wear a The 7.2-mile James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail, named in Avg. Travel Time: Half Hour get better acquainted with the area’s rich woodlands and vistas, lightweight shirt that wicks moisture, while carrying a fleece honor of one of the park’s first rangers, offers both day hiking that on clear days span over 80 miles into the neighboring states pullover and rain jacket. Foot Travel Only and backcountry camping. This trail is quite steep in a number of both North and South Carolina, as well as Tennessee. • Take a map, water, snacks, first aid kit, flashlight and whistle. Compacted Natural Soil Surface Three short blasts on a whistle are known as a call for help. of places and is rated as “moderate to strenuous.” In laurel-filled Avg. Grade: 25% Max: 58%/30LF The effects from an EF-2 tornado are clearly visible on the trail’s • Do not stray from trails. If you become lost, stay in one coves, the trail follows cascading streams with small waterfalls. Min. Width: 36 inches western edge, as hikers begin the climb to Black Rock Mountain’s location and wait for help. This will make it easier for In the northernmost section of the park, the trail climbs to Avg. X-slope: 10% Max: 10%/300LF summit. While the damage to the forest is saddening to an extent, rescuers to find you. Don’t count on cell phones to work in downed trees have enhanced vistas at several points along the the summit of Lookoff Mountain and offers a stunning vista of The Ada-hi Falls Trail provides a delightful but challenging walk the wilderness, but if they do, be able to give details about trail and opened the thick woods for new growth. your location. Wolffork Valley and surrounding mountain ranges. into an outstanding example of a moist, north-slope Appalachian • Invest in good hiking socks such as those found at sporting cove. The trail features mature hardwoods, lichen-covered goods stores. Avoid blisters by carrying “moleskin” and rocks, a variety of ferns and wildflowers, and a dense thicket of applying it as soon as you feel a hot spot on your feet. rhododendron. At the trail’s end is the observation platform for Tennessee Rock Trail Interpretive Information Available in the foot care section of drug stores, moleskin is noisy Ada-hi Falls, a small cascade typical of those found at the Hikers wanting to learn more about the special forest like felt that sticks to your skin. Black Rock Lake Trail higher elevations throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains. • Pack out all trash. ecology of the Southern Appalachians may wish to purchase • Keep pets on a leash. NOTE: During dry weather, water flow is often reduced to a a copy of “An Interpretive Guide to the Tennessee Rock Tail,” • Do not pick flowers or disturb wildlife. .85-Mile Loop trickle. available for a small fee at the visitor center and campground • Protect the landscape by staying on trails. Do not short-cut Avg. Travel Time: Half Hour trading post. The text in this 32-page illustrated booklet switchbacks. This practice is dangerous and can create major Foot Travel Only corresponds to 25 numbered posts located along the trail. In erosion problems. Norma Campbell Cove Trail addition to information about the park’s natural history, the • Stay together. Don’t allow hikers, especially children, to run Compacted Natural Soil Surface / Gravel / Bark trail guide features interesting facts about early pioneer and ahead or lag behind. Avg. Grade: 5% Max: 10% .10-Mile North American life, as well as facinating information about Min. Width: 60 inches Avg. Travel Time: Half Hour | Foot Travel Only Appalachian geology, geography and climate. The guide serves as an excellent introduction to Black Rock Mountain CLIMATE DATA FOR BLACK ROCK MOUNTAIN Compacted Natural Soil Surface The loop around scenic Black Rock Lake, completed in 2007, is State Park and the surrounding mountain region. Avg. Avg. Avg. Moderate rating of difficulty. Month High Low Mean Precip. Record High Record Low a wonderful addition to the park’s trail system. The 17-acre lake Hikers using the guide will quickly learn that there’s a lot Jan 44ºF 30ºF 37ºF 6.41 in 68ºF (2002) -20ºF (1985) is unspoiled by development and is rimmed by forests of white This is the park’s newest trail which is named after the late Norma more to be found along the trail than just trees. For instance, Feb 47ºF 32ºF 39ºF 6.40 in 73ºF (1996) -4ºF (1991) Campbell, a popular park naturalist who first proposed the pine and yellow poplar. The gently rolling .85-mile loop is rated hikers will discover an Appalachian boulderfield, an actual Mar 54ºF 37ºF 45ºF 7.07 in 80ºF (2007) 3ºF (1996) development of the Marie Mellinger Center. The tenth-of-a- “easy” and is perfectly suited for beginners. Wooden bridges cross remnant of the great ice age which ended more than 10,000 Apr 63ºF 45ºF 54ºF 5.14 in 84ºF (2001) 16ºF (2007) mile scenic trail begins at the Center on the southern edge of the May 70ºF 53ºF 61ºF 4.97 in 84ºF (1996) 30ºF (1992) Taylor Creek and Greasy Creek, the two cascading streams that years ago. Hikers will also walk a quarter-mile area along Eastern Continental Divide and descends into the upper reaches Jun 74ºF 59ºF 66ºF 7.29 in 86ºF (2011) 40ºF (1985) the Blue Ridge Mountain backbone, following the Eastern feed Black Rock Lake, and an 80-foot bridge spans Cricket Cove of a densely-wooded, south-facing cove. Hikers pass by huge Jul 77ºF 63ºF 70ºF 6.73 in 89ºF (1993) 46ºF (1979) Continental Divide. This great ridge separates rainfall flowing on the lake’s southwest corner. A wheelchair-accessible pier rock outcrops framed by ferns, mayapple and trillium and will see Aug 75ºF 62ºF 68ºF 5.91 in 88ºF (2008) 48ºF (1986) eastward toward the Savannah River and the Atlantic Ocean Sep 70ºF 57ºF 63ºF 6.50 in 86ºF (2011) 35ºF (1990) adjacent Turtle Rock and a 160-foot wooden boardwalk allow gurgling springs that flow down the cove into Stekoa Creek, one from rainfall trending westward toward the Mississippi Oct 64ºF 47ºF 55ºF 4.84 in 78ºF (2007) 25ºF (1989) of the principal tributaries of the federally-designated “wild and anglers a chance to fish for bass, bream, catfish, yellow perch River and the Gulf of Mexico. And when the weather is Nov 53ºF 39ºF 46ºF 5.91 in 74ºF (2005) 8ºF (1979) scenic” Chattooga River. Several log benches allow hikers to relax and rainbow trout. In addition, several tables along shady Taylor clear, hikers on the Tennessee Rock Trail can see Georgia’s Dec 45ºF 31ºF 38ºF 5.55 in 70ºF (2007) -4ºF (1985) in the shade and enyoy this lush Appalachian hollow. Creek offer the perfect location for a creek-side picnic. Brasstown Bald and Clingman’s Dome in Tennessee.