Table of Contents Introduction ......................................................................10 Hiking Guidelines Gear Checklist ....................................................................... 12 Clothing & Fitness ................................................................... 13 Safety Getting to the Trailhead ........................................................... 14 On the Trail ........................................................................... 15 Things to Look Out For ............................................................. 16 How To Use this Book ......................................................20 Northeast Georgia Three Forks Trail ................... 24 Clayton Holcomb Creek Trail ............ 27 Northeast Georgia Rabun Bald Trail .................. 30 Pinnacle Knob View ............. 33 Atlanta Tennessee Rock Trail ............. 36 J.E. Edmonds Trail ................ 39 Whiteoak Stomp View .......... 42 Hemlock Falls Trail ............... 45 Tallulah Gorge Circuit ........... 48 Panther Creek Trail ............... 51 Chenocetah Mountain .......... 54 Nancytown Falls ................. 57 6 DAY HIKING T H E NORT H GEORGIA MOUNTAINS Eastern Blue Ridge Miller Trek .......................... 62 Arkaquah Trail ...................... ...65 Dahlonega Brasstown Bald Summit ......... 68 Wagon Train Trail ................ 71 Eastern Atlanta Blue Ridge Wolfpen Ridge ....................74 Chattahoochee Source ......... 77 High Shoals Trail ................. 80 Tray Mountain Summit........... 83 Rocky Mountain Loop ........... 86 Mount Yonah Trail ................ 89 Dukes Creek Falls Trail .......... 92 Raven Cliffs Trail .................. 95 Whitley Gap Shelter ............ 98 Cowrock Mountain View ......101 Bear Hair Gap Trail ........... 104 Coosa Backcountry Trail ..... 107 Slaughter Creek Loop ..........110 Blood Mountain Loop .......... 113 Levelland Mountain View ......116 Desoto Falls Trail .................119 Table of Contents 7 Table of Contents (cont.) Western Blue Ridge Dockery Lake Trail ...............124 Blue Ridge Preaching Rock View .......... 127 Woody Gap Ramble ......... 130 Western Blue Ridge Sassafras Mountain View .....133 Atlanta Brawley Mountain Firetower ..136 Deadennen Mountain View ..139 Wallalah Mountain View .....142 Toccoa River Bridge ........... 145 Rich Mountain Loop ........... 148 Long Creek Falls .................151 Springer Mountain Loop ...... 154 Amicalola Falls Loop .......... 157 AT Approach Loop ............. 160 Wildcat Creek Trail ............ 163 Cohutta Mountains Ellijay Jacks River Falls ................. 168 Rice Camp Loop.................171 Cohutta Mountains Panther Creek Falls ..............174 Atlanta Grassy Mountain Tower ...... 177 Little Bald Mountain View .... 180 Panther Bluff View ...............183 Fowler Mountain View ........ 186 Emery Creek Trail ............... 189 Stone Tower Loop .............. 192 Cools Springs Loop .............195 West Face Loop ................ 198 8 DAY HIKING T H E NORT H GEORGIA MOUNTAINS Northwest Georgia West Rim Loop .................. 204 Northwest Sittons Gulch Trail .............. 207 Rome Georgia Zahnd Natural Area ............210 Atlanta High Point Loop ..................213 Rocktown Loop ..................... 216 Taylors Ridge Trail ...............219 Johns Mountain Loop .......... 222 House of Dreams Loop ....... 225 Appendices Appendix A—Resources Contact Information ..............................230 Appendix B—Summit Bagging in North Georgia ........................ 233 Appendix C—Hike Routes in State Parks ...................................234 Appendix D—Hike Routes on the Appalachian Trail .....................234 Appendix E—Hike Routes on the Bartram Trail ............................ 235 Appendix F—Hike Routes on the Benton MacKaye Trail ............... 235 Appendix G—Hike Routes with Waterfalls ................................. 235 Table of Contents 9.