Longstreet Highroad Guide to the North Georgia Mountains By The Georgia Conservancy

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Front Matter

• Foreword, by Jimmy Carter
• Acknowledgments
• The Natural History of the Georgia Mountains, by Charles Wharton

The Cumberland Plateau and the Valley and Ridge

• The Cumberland Plateau
  • Lookout Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain Parkway
    • Reflection Riding and the Chattanooga Nature Center
    • Caves of Lookout Mountain
    • Raccoon Mountain Caverns
    • Ruby Falls
    • Covenant College
    • McCarty Bluff
    • Fossil Site
    • Lookout Creek
    • Cloudland Canyon State Park
    • Hiking Trails of Cloudland Canyon State Park
      • West Rim Loop Trail
      • Waterfall Trail
      • Cloudland Backcountry Trails
    • Johnson's Crook
    • Zahnd Tract
    • Scenic Overlook
    • Exposed Coal Seam
  • Pigeon Mountain
    • Caves of Pigeon Mountain
    • Pigeon Mountain Sites
      • Waterfall Branch
      • Blue Hole
      • McWhorter Gulf, Dickson Gulf, and Harrisburg Gulf
      • Sagponds
    • Hiking on Pigeon Mountain
      • Rocktown Trail
      • The Pocket Trail
    • McLemore Cove
  • Little River, Alabama
    • Brow Park
    • DeSoto Falls
    • DeSoto State Park
    • DeSoto Scout Trail
    • Little River Canyon
      • Grace High Falls
      • Little River Canyon Parkway-Rim Drive
    • Canoeing on Little River
      • Little River
      • East Fork of the Little River
    • Noccalula Falls Park and Campground
• The Chickamauga Valley
  • McLemore Cove
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
    • Chickamauga
    • Point Park
    • Orchard Knob
    • Missionary Ridge
• The Armuchee Ridges
  • Taylor Ridge
    • Taylor Ridge Trail
    • Chickamauga Creek Trail
  • Houston Valley ORV Area
  • Keown Falls Scenic Area and Hike
  • John's Mountain Loop Trail
  • The Pocket Recreation Area
    • The Pocket Trail
  • Hidden Creek Recreation Area
  • Fossil Sites
    • Mississippian Site
    • Silurian Site
  • James H. "Sloppy" Floyd State Park
• The Great Valley
  • The Chieftain's Museum
  • Marshall Forest Nature Preserve
  • Lock and Dam Park
  • Cave Spring
  • Berry College Driving Tour
  • Vann House
  • New Echota
  • William Weinman Mineral Museum
  • Etowah Mounds

The Blue Ridge

• The Western Blue Ridge
  • The Cohutta Wilderness
    • Access to the Cohutta Wilderness
      • Ellijay Access
      • Eton Access
      • Crandall Access
      • Cisco Access
      • Blue Ridge Access
    • Hiking Trails of the Cohutta Wilderness
      • Conasauga River Trail
      • Tearbritches Trail
      • Chestnut Lead Trail
      • Panther Creek Trail
      • Hickory Creek Trail
      • East Cowpen Trail
      • Jacks River Trail
      • Sugar Cove Trail
      • Penitentiary Branch Trail
      • Rough Ridge Trail
      • Hickory Ridge Trail
      • Beech Bottom Trail
      • Rice Camp Trail
      • Hemp Top Trail
    • Off-Road-Vehicle Trails on the Cohutta Ranger District
      • Windy Gap Cycle Trail
      • Milma Creek ORV Trail
      • Tibbs ORV Trail
      • Rocky Flats ORV Trail
      • Tatum Lead ORV Trail
      • Rock Creek ATV Loop Trail
  • Lake Conasauga
    • Lake Conasauga Recreation Area
    • Hiking Trails Around Lake Conasauga
      • Lake Conasauga Trail
      • Grassy Mountain Tower Trail
      • Songbird Trail
    • The Conasauga River
  • The Big Frog Wilderness
    • Road Access and Hiking Access to Big Frog Wilderness
      • Copperhill Access
      • Ocoee River Access
      • Chestnut Mountain Trail
• Carters Lake
  • Camping at Carters Lake
    • Harris Branch Park
    • Doll Mountain Park
    • Ridgeway Park
    • Woodring Branch
    • Blue Ridge Mountain Marina Resort
  • Hiking at Carters Lake
  • Hidden Pond Trail
  • Tumbling Waters Nature Trail
  • Big Acorn Nature Trail
• Biking at Carters Lake
  • Ridgeway Mountain Bike Trail
• Canoeing Trips
  • The Coosawattee River
  • Talking Rock Creek
• Fort Mountain State Park
  • Fort Mountain Hiking Trails
    • Gahuti Trail
    • Big Rock Nature Trail
    • Lake Loop Trail
    • Old Fort Trail
    • Goldmine Creek Trail
• The Copper Basin
• The Rich Mountains
  • Aska Trails Area
  • Stanley Gap Trail
  • Green Mountain Trail
  • Flat Creek Loop Trail
  • Aaron Mountain
  • Red & White and River Loop Mountain Bike Trails
  • Owltown Creek Mountain Bike Trail
  • Lake Blue Ridge
    • Lake Blue Ridge Trail
    • Lake Blude Ridge Campsites
    • Lake Blue Ridge Boat Rental
  • Morganton Point Recreation Area
  • Driving Tours
    • Aska Road to Newport Road
    • Boardtown Road Between Ellijay and Blue Ridge
  • The Cartecay River
• The Etowah River and Toccoa River Watershed
  • Canoeing
    • Etowah River
    • Toccoa River
  • Waterfalls
    • Long Creek Falls
    • Fall Branch Falls
    • Sea Creek Falls
    • Little Rock Creek Falls
  • Camping and Recreation
    • The Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery
    • Frank Gross Campground
    • Deep Hole Recreation Area
  • Amicalola Falls State Park
    • Hiking Trails at Amicalola Falls State Park
      • Amicalola Falls Hiking Trail
      • West Ridge Spring Trail
      • Appalachian Trail Approach Trail
      • Lodge Loop Trail
  • Amicalola Creek & Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area
  • Dahlonega Gold Museum
    
• The Eastern Blue Ridge
  • Cooper Creek and Duncan Ridge
    • Mulky Campground
    • Cooper Creek Recreation Area
    • Hiking Trails
      • Hemlock and White Pine Stands
      • Old Growth Forest Hike
      • Mill Shoals Trail
      • Cooper Creek Trail
      • Yellow Mountain Trail
      • Shope Gap Trail
      • Eyes on Wildlife Trail
    • Scenic Drives
      • Mulkey Gap Drive
      • Fanny Gap Drive
      • The Loop Drive
    • A Canoeing Guide to Cooper Creek
  • Blood Mountain
    • DeSoto Falls Scenic And Recreation Areas
    • DeSoto Falls Trail
    • DeSoto Falls Campground
    • Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center
    • Neel's Gap to Blood Mountain Hike
    • Vogel State Park
      • Hiking Trails at Vogel State Park
        • Bear Hair Trail
        • Coosa Backcountry Trail
        • Byron Herbert Reece Non-Game Nature Trail
      • Helton Creek Falls Trail and Drive
      • Sosebee Cove Scenic Area and Hiking Trail
      • Duncan Ridge Trail
      • Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area
        • Jarrard Gap Trail and Slaughter Creek Trail
      • Woody Gap
      • Chestatee Overlook
      • Dockery Lake Recreation Area
        • Dockery Lake Trail
        • Lakeshore Trail
      • Waters Creek Recreation Area
      • Blood Mountain Falls
  • Raven Cliffs
    • Smithgall Woods Conservation Area
    • Duke's Creek Falls Trail
    • Raven Cliffs Falls Trail
    • Wildcat Mountain, Whitley Gap Trail
    • Logan Turnpike Trail
    • Richard Russell Scenic Highway Driving Tour
  • Helen and the Upper Chattahoochee
    • Nacoochee Valley
    • West End
    • Duke's Creek Gold Mining
    • Canoeing the Upper Chattahoochee
    • Upper Chattahoochee River Area Campground & Picnic Area
    • Unicoi State Park
      • Hiking Trails of Unicoi State Park
        • Unicoi Lake Trail
        • Bottoms Loop Trail
        • Unicoi/Helen Trail
    • Yonah Mountain
  • Tray Mountain
    • Main Access Routes to Tray Mountain
    • Appalachian Trail
    • Swallow Creek
    • Addis Gap
    • Trails
    • Northern Access
    • Spring Cove Area
    • The Head of the Soque River and Chimney Mountain
    • High Shoals Trail
    • Anna Ruby Falls Scenic Area
    • Smith Creek Trail
    • Andrews Cove Recreation Area
  • Brasstown Bald and the Brasstown Bald Wilderness
    • The Visitor Center Complex
    • Hiking Trails from Brasstown Bald
      • Jack's Knob Trail
      • Arkaquah Trail
      • Wagon Train Trail
    • Track Rock Archeological Site
  • The Hightower Area of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness
    • Loggy Branch and Hightower Bald
    • Access Routes
      • Loggy Branch Cove Access
      • Northern Access
      • Old Skut Gap Trail
      • Eagle Mountain Access
      • Scataway Creek Access
      • Hall Creek Access
      • Southern and Eastern Accesses
  • White Oak Stamp
  • Buck Creek and Chunky Gal Mountain
    • Chunky Gal Mountain
    • The Riley Knob/Chunky Gal Special Interest Area
    • The Buck Creek Pine Barrens
  • The Nantahala Basin
    • A Driving Tour of the Basin
    • Kilby Creek
    • Standing Indian
    • Hiking Trails in the Nantahala Basin
      • Kimsey Creek Trail to Standing Indian
      • Loop Trail
      • Park Creek and Park Ridge Trails
      • Access to Day Hikes
      • Three-Day Walk
      • Other Trail Possibilities
    • Horse Trails in the Nantahala Basin
  • The Tallulah Basin
    • Upper Tallulah Basin Scenic Drive
    • The Beech Creek–Chimney Rock Loop
    • Waterfalls
      • Denton Creek Falls
      • Fall Branch Falls
    • The Holden Cove Trail
    • Coleman River Road
    • Coleman River Scenic Area
    • Tallulah Gorge
    • Tallulah Gorge State Park
    • Hiking Trails in Tallulah Gorge
    • Whitewater rafting and kayaking in Tallulah Gorge
    • Rock Climbing in Tallulah Gorge
    • Canoeing Guide & Driving Tour of the Tallulah River Basin
      • The First 10 Miles
      • The Upper Tallulah-Section 1
      • Lake Burton-Section II
      • Lake Seed-Section III
      • Lake Rabun-Section IV
      • Tallulah River and Lake Tallulah-Section V
      • Tallulah Gorge and Lake Tugalo-Section VI
    • Recreation Areas and Hiking Trail
      • Moccasin Creek State Park
      • Non-Game Wildlife Trail
      • Hemlock Falls Trail
      • Rabun Beach Recreation Area and Hiking Trail
      • Minnehaha Trail
    • Yonah Lake
    • Lake Yonah Park
    • Panther Creek Recreation Area and Hiking Trail
  • Coweeta Creek and Betty Creek Valleys
    • Betty Creek Valley
    • The Hambidge Center
    • Patterson Gap
    • Grassy Ridge Trail
    • Keener Creek Hiking Trail
    • Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
    • Drive Up Ball Creek To Pickens' Nose Trailhead
  • Black Rock Mountain State Park
    • Tennessee Rock Trail
    • James E. Edmonds Backcountry Trail
    • Ada-Hi Falls Trail
  • Rabun Bald
    • Scenic Drives
      • Warwoman Road
      • Tukalugee Creek Raod (FS 156) and Sarah's Creek Road
      • Darnell Creek Road (FS 150)
      • Overflow Creek Road (FS 86)
      • Sandy Ford Road
      • Earl's Ford Road
    • Points of Interest
      • Warwoman Dell
      • Apple Valley
      • Sky Valley
      • Alex Mountain, Flint Knob Trail
      • The Flats
      • Laurel Slick
    • Waterfalls
      • Becky Branch Falls
      • Estatoah Falls
      • Holcomb Creek Trail and Falls and Ammons Creek Falls
    • Hiking Trails
      • Three Forks Trail
      • Bartram Trail
  • The Chattooga River
    • Section 0–The Headwaters
      • Access to River Crossings
        • Burrell's Ford Bridge
      • Bull Pen Bridge
      • Hiking Trails and Access Points
        • Chattooga River Trail
        • The Chattooga Above Bullpen Road
        • The Chattooga Headwaters From GA 28, Burrell's Ford Bridge to Russell Bridge
      • Canoeing and Boating
    • Section I–The West Fork
      • Access to River Crossings
        • Warwoman Road Bridge
        • Overflow Creek Road Bridge
      • Hiking Trails and Access Points
        • John Teague Gap and Three Forks Trail
        • Fisherman's Trail
        • Old Splash Dam Remnants
        • Billingsley Creek Road
        • Trail and Log Road
        • Three Forks
        • Overflow Falls
        • Lower Big Creek Falls
        • Falls on Upper Big Creek
        • High Falls on Upper Big Creek
        • Burrell's Ford Roads
        • Buzzard's Rock Cliffs, Hanging Rock Cliffs
        • Heddon Creek Falls
        • Laurel Creek Corundum Mine
        • Persimmon Gap Trailhead
        • Dam Ruins
      • Canoeing
    • Sections II, III and IV
      • Access to River Crossings
        • Russell Bridge
        • Highway 76 Bridge
      • Access to River
        • Russell Bridge, Long Bottom Ford Put-Ins
        • South Carolina Access to Earl's Ford and Sandy Ford
        • Georgia Access to Earl's Ford and Sandy Ford
        • Falls Creek Access
        • Thrift's Ferry
        • US 76 Shoulder Access
        • Bull Sluice Trails
        • Woodall Shoals
        • Long Creek Falls
        • Possum Creek Calls
        • Tugalo Lake Road
        • Lick Log
        • FS 9 Approach
        • Sutton Hole Road
        • Wolf Creek Road
        • Camp Creek Road
      • Canoeing and Boating
        • Section II-GA 28 to Earl's Ford
        • Section III-Earl's Ford to the US 76 Bridge
        • Section IV-From the US 76 Bridge to Tugalo Lake
      • Commercial Rafting Trips
  • The Ellicott Rock Wilderness
    • Trails
      • Chattooga River Trail
      • Ellicott Rock Trail
      • Bad Creek Trail
      • Sloan Bridge Trail
      • East Fork Trail
      • Foothills Trail
    • Waterfalls
      • Spoon Auger Falls
      • King's Creek Falls
  • Highlands, North Carolina
    • The Mountain (Little Scaly)
    • Satulah Mountain
    • The Highlands Nature Center
    • The Highlands Biological Station
    • Horse Cove Road and Bull Pen Road
    • Cullasaja River Gorge
      • Bridal Veil Falls
      • Dry Falls
      • Lower Cullasaja Falls
    • Hiking Trails in the Highlands Area
      • Ellicott Rock Trail
      • Bad Creek/Fowler Creek Trail
      • Yellow Mountain Trail
      • Glen Falls (Blue Valley)
      • Hurrah Ridge/West Fork Loop Trail
    • Whiteside Mountain
    • Campgrounds and Recreation Areas
      • Blue Valley Primitive Camping Area
      • Vanhook Glade Campground
      • Cliffside Lake Recreation Area
      • Ammons Branch Campground
  • The Escarpment Gorges
    • Whitewater Falls
    • Horsepasture River
    • Toxaway Dam
    • Sloan Bridge Hiking Trail
    • Foothills Trail
    • Backpacking Along the Foothills Trail
    • Silver Run Falls
  • The Cowee Gem Region
    • Franklin Gem and Mineral Museum
    • Mining Operations
    • Corundum Hill
    • Mincey Mine
    • Mason Mountains
    • Other Mines
    • Nikwasi Indian Mound

Long Trails

• The Appalachian Trail
  • Reaching the Trail
  • Road Crossings
    • Amicalola Falls State Park Approach Trail
    • Woody Gap
    • Neel's Gap
    • Tesnatee Gap and Hog Pen Gap
    • Unicoi Gap
    • Dick's Creek Gap
  • Suggested Day Hikes
    • Springer Mountain-Three Forks Area
    • Big Cedar Mountain
    • Blood Mountain
    • Lake Winfield Scott Loop
    • Neel's Gap to Tesnatee Gap
    • Wildcat Mountain
    • Rocky Mountain Loop
    • Tray Mountain
  • Trail Descriptions
    • Approach: Amicalola Falls State Park
• The Benton MacKaye Trail
  • Trail Descriptions
    • Section 1: Springer Mountain To Three Forks
    • Section 2: Three Forks To Ga 60
    • Section 3: Ga 60 To Skeenah Gap
    • Section 4: Skeenah Gap To Wilscot Gap
    • Section 5: Wilscot Gap To Shallowford Bridge
    • Section 6: Shallowford Bridge To Ga 5
    • Section 7: Ga 5 To Bush Head Gap
    • Section 8: Bush Head Gap To Dyer Gap
    • Section 9: Dyer Gap To Watson Gap
    • Section 10: Watson Gap To Double Spring Gap
    • Section 11. Double Spring Gap To Thunder Rock Campground
• The Bartram Trail
• Other Long Trails and Cross-Georgia Hike
  
  

Appendixes

• Map Sources
  • Topographical Maps of All States
  • Topographical Maps of Georgia
  • Topographical Maps of Western North Carolina and of Towns County and Rabun County, Georgia
  • State Park Maps
  • Forest Service Maps
  • TVA Maps of Lakes Blue Ridge, Chatuge, and Nottely
  • Army Engineers' Lake Maps of Carters Lake and Lake Allatoona
  • State Highway Maps and County Road maps
• State Parks in the Mountains
  • Amicalola Falls
  • Black Rock Mountain
  • Cloudland Canyon
  • Fort Mountain
  • James H. "Sloppy" Floyd
  • Moccasin Creek
  • Red Top Mountain
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Unicoi
  • Vogel
  • Campgrounds
  • Cottages
• Outfitters, Guides, and Suppliers
  • Bargain Barn
  • Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
  • Call of the Wild
  • Cartecay River Bicycle Shop
  • Chattooga Whitewater Shop
  • Go With The Flow
  • High Adventures
  • High Country Outfitters, Inc.
  • The Hometown Book Store
  • Mountain Crossing
  • Mountain Crossing at Walasi-Yi Center
  • Mountaintown Outdoor Expeditions
  • Mountain Ventures
  • Nantahala Outdoor Center
  • Outback Outfitters & Bikes
  • REI
  • Rock Creek Outfitters
  • Southeastern Expeditions
  • Wilderness Southeast
  • The Wildewood Outpost
  • Wildwater Ltd. Outdoor Adventures
  • Wolfcreek Wilderness
• Books and References
• Special Events, Fairs, and Festivals
  • Chiaha Harvest Fair and Heritage Holidays Festival
  • Dahlonega Blue Grass Festival
  • Fall Harvest Festival
  • Fasching Karnival
  • Georgia Apple Festival
  • Georgia Mountain Fair
  • Harvest Festival
  • Helen International Fest
  • Helen's Oktoberfest
  • New Salem Mountain Festival
  • Prater's Mill Country
  • The Reach of Song
  • Sorghum Festival
  • Spring Country Music Festival
  • Taste of Toccoa
• Conservation and Outdoor Organizations
  • Atlanta Audubon Society
  • Atlanta Whitewater Club
  • Benton MacKaye Trail Association
  • The Dogwood City Grotto
  • Ens and Outs
  • Friends of the Mountains
  • Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Inc
  • Georgia Botanical Society
  • Georgia Canoeing Association
  • The Georgia Conservancy, Inc
  • Georgia ForestWatch
  • Georgia Ornithological Society
  • Georgia Wildlife Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • North Carolina Bartram Trail Society
  • The Sierra Club, Georgia Chapter
  • Trout Unlimited, Georgia Council
  • The Wilderness Society
• Safety in the Mountains
• Southern Appalachian Wilderness Areas
• Forest Planning
  
• Glossary of Plants
• Glossary
  • Anticline
  • Basement
  • Biotic
  • Boreal
  • Carbonate rock
  • Coniferous
  • Continental drift
  • Deciduous
  • Endemic
  • Escarpment
  • Extinct
  • Extirpated
  • Feldspar
  • Fold
  • Gneiss
  • Granite
  • Igneous
  • Karst
  • Lava
  • Magma
  • Metamorphic
  • Monadnock
  • Orogeny
  • Outcrop
  • Overthrust belt
  • Rapids
  • Schist
  • Sedimentary
  • Shale
  • Syncline
  • Talus
  • Watershed
• About The Georgia Conservancy
  

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