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Off-roading in Georgia?
I have been trying to find some off-roading in Georgia. I know there are places around here but not exactly sure where they are.
Is anyone familiar with some roads/trails in Georgia?
I'm located a little less than an hour north of Atlanta up 75/575.
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05-08-2010, 01:47 PM
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NP. I didnt even look and see if they had anything listed for ya, but I think you can add to it, so if you find a (legal) place you can post it on there for others
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11-29-2010, 01:33 PM
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Hey Auxiliary, I am up your way in Canton and have been looking for trails to take my rig off road. Did you have any luck finding anything?
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i have found the best (and free) wheeling by just playing around on forest service roads. the deeper you get, you can find old roads that havent been maintained in years, and they can get pretty rough
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if you get on ttora and go to the GA chapter those guys know all the places around ATL.
but if you just like to cruise on forest service roads and enjoy nature then i suggest this:
http://www.georgiaoverland.com/2010/...ice-roads.html
digpisher i forgot you are in canton also. maybe we can all check out some of these service roads me you and aux nearest one is up in adairsville, takes 1 hour to drive. my friend just got back from amacola , he saids there are decent trails up there. about 45 mins from canton.
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I am on Expo Passionate about Expedition and there are alot of guys that go to Amicalola Falls in North Georgia. You can also go to Prentice Cooper and Signal Mountain near Chattanooga and there is also a couple of nice OHV parks near Birmingham, AL. One is Grey Rock in Gardendale, AL and Stony Lonesome in Cullman which is about 40 miles north of Bham.
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I am down to go sometime. I need to check out that site...thanks for the info.
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I am down to go sometime. I need to check out that site...thanks for the info.
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yea pick out the nearest forest road..and we head out..just take hwy20 west and we in caretersville.
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Beasley Knob is a OHV in Blairsville and is operated by the US Forest Service. I think the only fee there is a $3 or $4 daily use fee.
Durhamtown Plantation is a private park in Union Point (south of Athens, GA) and I think the vehicle fee there is $20/day. If you don't like mud, stay away.
That's about it for "official" places to go...
There's a place near Clayton, GA that is a pretty mild trail system (other than a deep river x-ing). I know this is big amongst Land Rover guys (I'll keep my comments to myself as to why) and they like to be secretive about it. Some people refer to it as the "Tiger GA trails" and I'm 10 minutes on Google will yield you with exact directions.
Forest service roads. If you're just into going out and exploring and you're not one who must fill some need by climbing mini Mt. Everest in your vehicle, these can lead to alot of fun. Just remember to stop if you see signs telling you to do so. There's a ton of old FS roads that are marked on maps but are not maintained you just have to find them. As long as you're driving past a brown sign with a number on it at the head, you're fine. Don't underestimate these either, I've had to pull winch line in my locked (F&R) Jeep before on some of these. Plus they'll take you to some great scenery in north GA.
I used to be into the hardcore rock crawling and what not but as I've grown a few years older (now 27...haha) I find more joy in the adventure and exploring side of offroading.
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Beasley Knob is a OHV in Blairsville and is operated by the US Forest Service. I think the only fee there is a $3 or $4 daily use fee.
Durhamtown Plantation is a private park in Union Point (south of Athens, GA) and I think the vehicle fee there is $20/day. If you don't like mud, stay away.
That's about it for "official" places to go...
There's a place near Clayton, GA that is a pretty mild trail system (other than a deep river x-ing). I know this is big amongst Land Rover guys (I'll keep my comments to myself as to why) and they like to be secretive about it. Some people refer to it as the "Tiger GA trails" and I'm 10 minutes on Google will yield you with exact directions.
Forest service roads. If you're just into going out and exploring and you're not one who must fill some need by climbing mini Mt. Everest in your vehicle, these can lead to alot of fun. Just remember to stop if you see signs telling you to do so. There's a ton of old FS roads that are marked on maps but are not maintained you just have to find them. As long as you're driving past a brown sign with a number on it at the head, you're fine. Don't underestimate these either, I've had to pull winch line in my locked (F&R) Jeep before on some of these. Plus they'll take you to some great scenery in north GA.
I used to be into the hardcore rock crawling and what not but as I've grown a few years older (now 27...haha) I find more joy in the adventure and exploring side of offroading.
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thanks for the article man. i see you a GA also but u all the way on thte other side of town. how do you normally look for forest service roads? i know up in my area if i head north a little it gets very "country" and moutains appear
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thanks for the article man. i see you a GA also but u all the way on thte other side of town. how do you normally look for forest service roads? i know up in my area if i head north a little it gets very "country" and moutains appear
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Sure thing man. Other side of town? Where are you located?
Alot of the FS roads I find are a result of my trout fishing excursions. I like to hit the streams and spots where you're not going to find car fishers (the guys who drive from spot to spot on the side of the road and fish with corn) and FS roads are typically the way to get to them.
FS roads are like tree branches, each of the main ones usually leads to a smaller more scraggly one as you continue down them. I've just been going up there for so long now that I know alot of the good ones. However, I still find 1-2 new ones each year. Last year is when I found the one that led me down basically a pig path between Vogel St. Park and Blairsville that I had to pull line on. Heading on 180 away from Vogel, on the right, there's a FS road called Wolf Creek Rd (can't remember the #). I was fishing Wolf Creek and saw another FS road leading north off Wolf Creek so we decided to follow it. It took us through the Coopers Creek WMA and we ended up in Blairsville. Yeah, our trout fishing days typically turn into 4-6 hours of fishing and then 4 hours of exploring.
Just don't be scared to head down one, again assuming there are no signs telling you otherwise.
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Sure thing man. Other side of town? Where are you located?
Alot of the FS roads I find are a result of my trout fishing excursions. I like to hit the streams and spots where you're not going to find car fishers (the guys who drive from spot to spot on the side of the road and fish with corn) and FS roads are typically the way to get to them.
FS roads are like tree branches, each of the main ones usually leads to a smaller more scraggly one as you continue down them. I've just been going up there for so long now that I know alot of the good ones. However, I still find 1-2 new ones each year. Last year is when I found the one that led me down basically a pig path between Vogel St. Park and Blairsville that I had to pull line on. Heading on 180 away from Vogel, on the right, there's a FS road called Wolf Creek Rd (can't remember the #). I was fishing Wolf Creek and saw another FS road leading north off Wolf Creek so we decided to follow it. It took us through the Coopers Creek WMA and we ended up in Blairsville. Yeah, our trout fishing days typically turn into 4-6 hours of fishing and then 4 hours of exploring.
Just don't be scared to head down one, again assuming there are no signs telling you otherwise.
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thanks, i'm located in canton/woodstock/kennesaw area up on 575. i have a friend hes BIG time into trout fishing. he likes to fish alot up north near jasper area on my side of town. sometimes he heads down to the chatahooche around 285 if you ever fished over there. alot of fly fishers. but o well next time i 'll try to keep an eye out on some forest service roads. i just want to explore without getting into mud and technical stuff. i got a camera and been dyin to get to use it on some landscape and nature.
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I must agree that Forestry roads are pretty fun. Just a note - if you get on the GA transportation site you can order up a county map for free (1st one's free, others will cost money). I did it for Oglethorpe because it has some pretty nice FS roads.
All the FS roads will be marked, and the map key tells you what kind of surface they are... sort of, sometimes it says "gravel" when it means to say well-maintained clay.
Also, there are some "trails" that exist, but aren't on the map - for example, my map has a trail that goes for a bit, ends randomly, then starts up again - in reality, the trail just went through a small creek and down the clay road some more - it was still maintained and there was no signage in the area.
Also, if you don't need fullsize maps, you can just use the PDFs of the fullsize maps for free. That can also help you figure out what maps you might want.
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