The Best Trails in Georgia (United States)

Haw Creek trail great for beginners and advanced kid-bikers

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Distance

3.22mi

Elevation +

817f

TrailRank

27

5kms or some 3.5 miles. Great car park. All easy. Track is ideal for beginners trying mountain bike and also for kids when they take the step from small bikes to their first maybe 24 inches with gears. It wont be easy fo...

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S PEACHTREE CREEK TRAIL DECATUR ATLANTA

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Distance

5.51mi

Elevation +

348f

TrailRank

27

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Urban trail with "paved wood above ground track" family trail, walk, bike, kids , babies... families... ends up on MedlockPark great for Baseball and picnic. Trail goes on to the next park but not for bikes so we turned ...

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Halloween at Brawstown bald

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Richard Oakfield

Distance

6.81mi

Elevation +

3451f

TrailRank

27

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An afternoon 10km uphill hike in Arkaquah trail on October 31st, 2020 to catch the sunset at Brawstown bald and descend into a full moon night hike.

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ROCK HAWK near Lake Oconee GA JAN2021

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Distance

10.16mi

Elevation +

781f

TrailRank

26

1.5hrs drive from Atlanta, to a great trail but possibly not as top as other MTB areas within the 1 hour drive mark. This trail was fully covered with leaves in Jan, making it more technical and tricky on the many turns,...

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COCHRAN MILL RED TRAIL near Atlanta GA AUG 2019

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Distance

8.17mi

Elevation +

482f

TrailRank

26

Cochran Mill Red Trail near Atlanta Georgia Aug 2019 filtered to 500 points Great trail. From the parking lot (pay 5 USD ok with card) this trail takes couple smaller trails before it merges into RED trail. some 13km...

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Withlacoochee - Hagen Bridge to Franklinville Road

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Phil Hubbard

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Distance

4.81nm

Elevation +

3f

TrailRank

26

Technical paddle tip of 5.54 miles. A very fun paddle if you have skills of controlling your boat. Many obstacles that require maneuvering skills to avoid. Not recommended for a beginner. Water level was 9.35' on the Nor...

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Horse Park Olympic (Atlanta 1996) Mountain Bike Circuit

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Distance

7.67mi

Elevation +

1352f

TrailRank

26

Lots of fun; trails in great condition, great work by volunteers. Technical but all doable, couple big ramps rest is actually smoother than one could expect. Great must do near Atlanta. The second loop actually goes fur...

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Blankets Creek near Atlanta

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Distance

4.45mi

Elevation +

1093f

TrailRank

26

Find all details on MTBproject (The Blankets Creek ride is a full tour of the Blankets Creek trail network going generally in a counter-clockwise direction. Expect a variety of experiences here from gravity and flow to o...

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Yellow River near Atlanta and Stone Mountain Georgia

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Distance

4.71mi

Elevation +

1145f

TrailRank

26

Short loop near car park then a type of outer loop. These tracks can be found with more details and more kms in mtbproject.com if you search by yellow river. fun tracks, deep forest, roots and few rocks, ups and downs b...

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YELLOW RIVER PARK Georgia USA

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Distance

5.52mi

Elevation +

1020f

TrailRank

26

Really fantastic track... found it in mtbproject, http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/7009789 I suppose easy for those in shape, but for most others I would say this can give what you need... tough, bit technical, in Spanis...

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2 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Sección 17.2 y aprox. - De Black Gap Shelter a Springer Mountain y Hawk Mountain Shelter

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Pablo de Gárate

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Distance

10.43mi

Elevation +

1939f

TrailRank

93| 5.0

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Etapa 2 ⇐ Enlace a la etapa anterior: 1 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Sección de aproximación a Springer Mountain. De Amicalola Falls State P a Black Gap Shelter ⇒ Enlace a la etapa siguiente: 3 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL...

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Dausset Nature Center central Georgia near Atlanta

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Distance

11.44mi

Elevation +

1988f

TrailRank

26

Pure forest, difficult btu doable trails; plenty of miles if you do all the variations. A lot more natural that most other "1h away" trail areas near Atlanta. Great place for MTB! Some parts are moderate but often you f...

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Stallings Island

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Distance

1.94nm

Elevation +

3f

TrailRank

26

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One of four legs of Serene 18 Paddle Trail. This leg was more strenuous, not from paddling, but from boat portage. Had to park up the hill and carry boats about 150 yards to the launch. Don't forget your kayak dolly(we d...

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Rooselvelt Stables near Callaway Gardens South GEORGIA SEPT 2020

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Distance

3.15mi

Elevation +

443f

TrailRank

26

2 hours horse ride trail going all the way up to the view then back. Great fun, horses really knew their trade. Day was abrupt with overbooking (well.. Sat of labor day, avoid it...) but once the original issue fixed the...

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Chattooga River whitewater rafting

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ShaynJeff

Distance

8.20mi

Elevation +

925f

TrailRank

26

7/15/20, 2:49 PM 8 mile Whitewater rafting in SC Class III and IV Bull Sluice. Half a mile hike down to the river from the drop off with gears and rafts and half a mile hike up the steep hill back to the bus. Picnic on t...

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BLUE RIDGE LAKE CLIMB to NECOWA and STANLEY LOOP SEPT 2020

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Distance

3.24mi

Elevation +

505f

TrailRank

26

Connects lake to the ring for trail Stanley Gap. In this direction this is a heck of a climb. At first flowy and good warm up then 2kms of steep deep ramp after ramp .... Nice spots to view the lake and overall quiet la...

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5 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Secciones 14 y 13.2 - De Neel Gap / Walasi-Yi Center a Levelland Mountain y Low Gap Shelter

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Pablo de Gárate

Distance

11.15mi

Elevation +

2982f

TrailRank

91| 5.0

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Etapa 5 ⇐ Enlace a la etapa anterior: 4 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Sección 15 - De Woody Gap - Ruta 60, hasta Blood Mountain y Neel Gap / Walasi-Yi Center ⇒ Enlace a la etapa siguiente: 6 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - ...

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J. Strom Thurmond Dam at Clark's Hill Lake

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chicotbill

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Distance

0.82nm

Elevation +

3f

TrailRank

25

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One of four legs of the Serene 18 Paddle Trail in Columbia County, GA. As we were doing all four legs in two days and up against the clock, we had to "cheat" on this one. Paddled below the dam for a quickie, but got to p...

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3 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Sección 17.1 y 16 - De Hawk Mountain Shelter a Sassafras Mountain, Justus Mt. y Woody Gap

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Pablo de Gárate

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Distance

12.84mi

Elevation +

2949f

TrailRank

89| 5.0

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Etapa 3 ⇐ Enlace a la etapa anterior: 2 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - GEORGIA - Sección 17.2 y aprox. - De Black Gap Shelter a Springer Mountain y Hawk Mountain Shelter ⇒ Enlace a la etapa siguiente: 4 - APPALACHIAN TRAIL - ...

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east palisades indian trail. atlanta

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martafoncu

Distance

3.80mi

Elevation +

705f

TrailRank

24

Hike on the west side of the chatahoochee river . Humid and green. Narrow paths . Some up and down hills.

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Harbins East 10kms near Atlanta

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Distance

6.84mi

Elevation +

1375f

TrailRank

24

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Great track... bit easier than the other circle on Harbins East but still challenging and fun. Snake was scary, asked a local rider, told me not dangerous... either way, didnt get any closer.... think it was over 1 mete...

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Boundary Waters near Douglasville in Georgia

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Distance

6.20mi

Elevation +

1165f

TrailRank

24

Mostly flat and not difficult. Likely to be muddy in some areas but not too much if no rain previous days. Some horse prints along the way. Great nature, great forest, not busy at all (did on a good weather Sunday). Pos...

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Tortuga16

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Distance

4.36mi

Elevation +

968f

TrailRank

24

found the track on MTBPROJECT dot com. molre info there! Did this in Jan 2016, quite muddy but not too much, track is technical but not difficult, roots and rocks and get ready to take it easy at times, great fun. you ...

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LakeSide trail near La Grange in Georgia, March 2019

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Distance

6.77mi

Elevation +

292f

TrailRank

24

1.5 hrs from Atlanta down I85 The trail has variations; this is just the 10kms or so when you do only the outer loop. With the inside loops it should add up to 17kms. The 10kms I did where fairly easy. Not green beginn...

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