Backpacking the Appalachian Trail: Blood Mountain to Cowrock Mountain

We’ve long held the Blood Mountain Wilderness area to be our favorite in Georgia, offering awe-inspiring views from ridge line peaks and trails through beautiful Georgia forest dotted with rocky outcrops. This hike combines several of our favorites, traveling to the peak of Blood Mountain before...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail – Three Forks to Springer Mountain

The famed Appalachian Trail – over 2,176 miles in length from Georgia to Maine – travels through some of Georgia’s most scenic hiking areas.  This 8.6 mile hike southbound on the Appalachian Trail travels to the southernmost point of the trail at Springer Mountain from beautiful Three...

Pinhoti Trail: Hiking North from Snake Creek Gap to Mill Creek Mountain

This 7 mile ridgeline hike on the Pinhoti Trail offers continuous views from both sides of the trail as it follows the ridge of Mill Creek Mountain. The Pinhoti Trail is a 325 mile trail that extends from Alabama into Georgia, and offers hikes through the prettiest parts of the Western section of the...

Paces Mill / Rottenwood Creek Trail in Metro Atlanta

One of our favorite running and walking trails in the metro Atlanta area is the Paces Mill / Rottenwood Creek trail. Following the Chattahoochee River for a quarter mile and then turning to follow Rottenwood Creek to its waterfalls near the end of the trail, this 3.6 mile paved trail blends urban signs of...

Hiking to High Shoals Waterfall

The hike to High Shoals Waterfall – actually a series of falls – in the Chattahoochee Forest north of Helen is an easy, 2.6 mile well-traveled trek along a rumbling creek that cascades down into a series of large, dramatic waterfalls.  Shorter than most of our hikes, we loved the High Shoals...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail – Jarrard Gap to Slaughter Creek

This 6 mile hike winds through the Blood Mountain Wilderness – one of the most beautiful hiking areas in North Georgia – along the famed Appalachian trail and beside Slaughter Creek.   The hike loops from Lake Winfield Scott on 3 fantastic trails –  along the Jarrard Trail to Jarrard Gap,...

A Lakeside Trail Close to Atlanta: Hiking at Red Top Mountain

Clear blue skies, fair weather and hints of Spring make us crave some hiking time in the woods with our black lab – but unfortunately, schedules don’t always permit a day-long drive up to the Chattahoochee National Forest.  We’ve found a few nice trails around the metro area that...

Springer Mountain Loop – Hiking the Appalachian Trail

This hike in the Chattahoochee National Forest in North Georgia travels along two famous trails – the famous 2,100 Appalachian Trail, which extends from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Maine, as well as the 250 mile Benton MacKaye Trail, which runs along a rugged terrain in North Georgia and is named...

Cochran Shoals: Trails along the Chattahoochee River

Just outside the Atlanta perimeter is one of the most popular parks in the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area: Cochran Shoals. With 3.1 miles of wide graveled trails along the banks of the shoals of the Chattahoochee River, this is a popular running, walking and biking trail that’s convenient to...

A Unique Waterfall: Hiking to Raven Cliff Falls

The Raven Cliff Trail journeys through the Chattahoochee National Forest to a one of the most unique waterfalls we’ve seen: Raven Cliff Falls.  The falls cascade 400 feet down through Raven cliff – literally slicing the massive cliff in half before cascading down through several lower falls...

Appalachian Trail – Three Forks to Long Creek Falls

The Appalachian Trail intersects Noontoola Creek just 4.3 miles from its beginning on Springer Mountain – and it’s from here that this out-and-back hike starts a journey on the Appalachian Trail to a beautiful, rushing waterfall in the Chattahoochee National Forest and through a delicate forest of...

Hiking the Pinhoti Trail: South from Snake Creek Gap

The Pinhoti Trail – a 325 mile trail that begins in Alabama and connects in Georgia to the Benton MacKay and Appalachian Trails – cuts through the Western portion of the Chattahoochee National Forest before meeting up with the two larger trails in central Georgia.  It’s along this stretch...

A Hiking Trail Close to Home: Sope Creek

A part of the  Chattachoochee National Recreation Area, Sope Creek offers some great trails and relaxation just north of Atlanta (but seemingly a world away from the city). Just outside the 285 Perimeter , Sope Creek offers a series of trails through preserved forest with connecting trails to the well-used...

Ridge Line Vistas: Hiking the Arkaquah Trail

Offering some of the most picturesque views of any hike in Georgia, the Arkaquah Trail is a moderate to strenuous trail that lists near the top of our favorite hikes in North Georgia.  Starting at Brasstown Bald and running down (and then on return, up) a ridge through the Brasstown Wilderness along Locust...

Hiking the Appalachian Trail at Indian Grave Gap

This moderately difficult, 5.5 mile hike presents a challenge from the very start – the trailhead begins a steep ascent to the top of Rocky Mountain with a vertical rise of nearly 1,000 feet in the first mile of trail. The reward, though, is beautiful views from atop the mountain, as well as a...