Blue Ridge WMA

AKA: Noontootla Winding Stair Ed Jenkins Natural Area Bearden Creek

in:

Chattahoochee National Forest - Blue Ridge Ranger District

near:

Dahlonega, Georgia

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printable map Last Trail Update: 2024-02-06

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Hours:


Maps:


Routes:
2010 Fools Gold - 47.85 mi
2010 Southern-X - 50.51 mi
2011 Southern-X (Short Option) - 28.52 mi
Noontootla - 26.24 mi
Noontootla - Winding Stair - 38.55 mi
Springer Mountain - 9.59 mi
Tickanetley - 35.11 mi
Winding Stair - 19.82 mi

Trailheads:
AT - Springer Mountain Parking Lot
AT - Three Forks
Bull Mountain Parking Lot
Camp Wahsega Parking Lot
Jake Mountain Parking Lot
Mt. Zion Church
Nimblewill Church
Noontootla - Fellowship Primitive Church
Old Blue Ridge WMA Game Check Station Lot
Tooni Mountain

Total Mileage: (note)
Hiking Trail - 36.40 mi
Bike Trail - 0.53 mi
Bike/Horse Trail - 14.15 mi
Dirt/Gravel Road - 139.67 mi
Unmaintained Road - 1.45 mi

Trails:
Appalachian Approach Trail - 7.34 mi
Appalachian Trail (FS42 to Three Forks) - 3.22 mi

AKA:

Old FS58H

Appalachian Trail (Hickory Flats to Hightower Gap) - 2.30 mi
Appalachian Trail (Hightower Gap to Cooper Gap) - 3.40 mi
Appalachian Trail (Long Creek Falls to Hickory Flats) - 0.90 mi
Appalachian Trail (Springer Mountain to FS42) - 0.93 mi
Benton MacKaye/Appalachian Trail - 0.84 mi
Benton MacKaye/Duncan Ridge Trail (AT to FS816) - 7.55 mi
Benton MacKaye/Duncan Ridge Trail (FS816 to Hwy 60) - 3.58 mi
Benton MacKaye Trail (Springer Mountain to Three Forks) - 5.88 mi
Edmondson Wetland Nature Trail - 0.47 mi
Turner Creek Road Bypass - 0.53 mi
Bear Hare Trail - 2.45 mi

AKA:	Saddle Back Trail

Beaver Pond Connector - 0.49 mi
Black Branch Connector 2 - 0.07 mi
Black Branch Trail - 2.37 mi
Bull/Jake Connector - 0.78 mi
Bull Mountain Parking Lot Connector - 0.31 mi
Bull Mountain Trail - 4.37 mi
FS77A (Trail) - 0.25 mi

AKA:

Babyheads

FS83 Bypass - 1.25 mi
Sheffton - 0.84 mi

AKA:	Triple Hill Trail

Turner Creek Trail - 0.85 mi
Turner Creek Trail Connector - 0.12 mi
Benton MacKaye 2 - 0.48 mi
Jones Creek Fishing Trail - 0.09 mi
Old FS365 (Unexplored) - 0.02 mi

Roads:
Bear Hare Trail (Old Roadbed) - 1.56 mi

AKA:	Saddle Back Trail

Bull/Jake Game Check Station Food Plot Road - 0.12 mi
Doublehead Gap Road - 2.30 mi
FS141 - 5.94 mi

AKA:	Montgomery Creek Road

FS142 - 2.31 mi

AKA:	Hightower Creek Road

FS188 - 2.92 mi

AKA:	Buzzard Roost Road

FS188A - 0.89 mi

AKA:	Electronic Site Road

FS248 - 1.49 mi

AKA:	John Dick Creek Road

FS249 - 4.72 mi

AKA:	Little Rock Creek Road

FS249A - 1.93 mi

AKA:	Little Rock Creek Branch A

FS251 - 5.70 mi

AKA:	Long Creek Road

FS251B - 0.75 mi

AKA:	Mill Creek

FS28-1 - 6.77 mi

AKA:	Nimblewill Road

FS28-2 - 5.16 mi

AKA:	Nimblewill Road

FS28A - 1.76 mi

AKA:	Nimblewill Branch Road

FS28B - 2.77 mi

AKA:	Moss Hill Road

FS28C - 1.01 mi

AKA:	Turner Creek Road Nimblewill Branch C

FS28D - 1.03 mi

AKA:	Nimblewill Branch D

FS28G - 0.43 mi

AKA:	Black Branch Road Upper Nimblewill FS28F

FS28H - 0.10 mi

AKA:	Bull Mountain Parking Lot

FS293 - 0.52 mi

AKA:	Deep Hole Road

FS299 - 0.62 mi

AKA:	Jake Mountain Road

FS308 - 0.84 mi

AKA:	Seed Production Road

FS330 - 1.62 mi

AKA:	Peter Knob Road

FS332 - 1.73 mi

AKA:	Laurel Branch Road

FS333 - 3.21 mi

AKA:	Toccoa River Road

FS335 - 0.49 mi

AKA:	Kirby Creek Road

FS42A - 0.63 mi

AKA:	Hawk Mountain Road

FS42 (Doublehead Gap to Winding Stair Gap) - 9.29 mi

AKA:	Blue Ridge Road

FS42 (Winding Stair Gap to Cooper Gap) - 7.49 mi

AKA:	Blue Ridge Road

FS58 - 8.09 mi

AKA:	Noontootla Creek Road

FS58A - 1.96 mi

AKA:

Lovingood

FS58E - 2.24 mi

AKA:	Alec Mountain Road

FS58G - 2.30 mi

AKA:	Lower Noontootla Road

FS69 - 7.75 mi

AKA:	Fish Hatchery Road Rock Creek Road

FS69A - 1.47 mi

AKA:	Rock Creek Lake Road

FS69B - 2.37 mi

AKA:	Rock Creek Branch B

FS69C - 5.92 mi

AKA:	Lower Frozen Branch Road

FS69D - 0.50 mi

AKA:	Rock Creek Branch D

FS69E - 1.92 mi

AKA:	Totem Pole Road

FS766 - 2.53 mi

AKA:	John Dick Mountain Road

FS766A - 3.57 mi

AKA:	Wildcat Ridge Road Bryson Gap Road

FS77 - 5.15 mi

AKA:	Winding Stair Gap Road

FS77/28-1 Shortcut - 0.08 mi
FS77A - 4.32 mi

AKA:	Lance Creek Road West Lance Creek Road West Jones Creek Trail

FS80 - 2.88 mi

AKA:	Cooper Gap Road

FS816 - 3.11 mi

AKA:	Tooni Gap Road

FS83 - 3.48 mi
FS872 - 0.93 mi

AKA:	Jones Creek Dam Road

FS877 - 0.98 mi
No-Tell Trail - 0.72 mi
Old Rock Creek Road - 0.55 mi
Silver Fox Trail - 0.52 mi
The Bee Trail (Roadbed) - 0.22 mi
Booger Holler Road - 0.89 mi
FS141A - 0.56 mi

AKA:	Montgomery Creek Spur

Camp Merrill Drive - 0.19 mi (Private)
Camp Merrill Road - 0.23 mi (Private)
Cooper Creek Church Parking Lot Road - 0.03 mi (Private)
Doublehead Gap Road (Paved Section 1) - 6.49 mi
Doublehead Gap Road (Paved Section 2) - 3.76 mi
Hwy 52 (Dahlonega To Ellijay) - 39.48 mi
Hwy 60 (Suches to Cooper Creek) - 11.85 mi
Nimblewill Church Road - 3.60 mi
Nimblewill Gap Road - 2.06 mi
Rock Creek Road - 1.04 mi

Points of Interest:
Noontootla Falls
Black Mountain Shelter
Rock Creek Lake
Johnson Family Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Church and Cemetery
Stock Hill Cemetery
Edmondson Pond
Rock Creek Fish Hatchery
Camp Merrill
Camp Wahsega
Hickory Flatts Cemetery
Bearden Falls
Toccoa Suspension Bridge
Stover Creek Shelter
Hawk Mountain Shelter
Black Falls
Long Creek Falls - Main Cascade
Benton MacKaye - Southern Terminus
Owen Vista
Appalachian Trail - Southern Terminus