Mountain Biking in Georgia

Description - Mountain biking in Georgia can create an excellent opportunity to get away and dissapear into the mountains. There are many trails, some hard some easy. Of the two National Forests in Georgia, both are headquartered in Gainesville Georgia. The Oconee NF covers 115,000 acres in central Georgia. Unlike the tall peaks of the Chattahoochee, the Oconee National Forest is relatively flat with small hills. Lakes, rivers, and wildlife are the outstanding features of the Oconee. Visit Lake Oconee, Hillsboro Lake, or 15,300 acre Lake Sinclair for swimming, fishing, boating and camping. If a wealth of trails is the hallmark of the Chattahoochee, bountiful game is the signature of the Oconee. There are also plenty of excellent fishing opportunities. Or, if you prefer the more rugged trails of Chattahoochee NF, those biking trails are near major recreation areas. Three trails in the Oconee National Forest are suitable for horseback riding near the Ocmulgee River. The 1-mile Burgess Mountain Trail reaches the highest point on the Forest, at 645 feet, and is open to horseback and mountain bike riding. With over 430 miles of trails on the Chattahoochee, it's hard to find an area without some type of singletrack. From short day hikes to more arduous trips, for novices or experts, there is a trail for every level and purpose. The Aska trail is open to hiking and mountainbiking, this trail system includes Long Branch 2.5 mile loop, Flat Creek 5 mile loop, Green Mountain Trail, and Stanley Gap Trail. The area is accessed from Aska Road parking area at Deep Gap and from Stanley Gap and Shady Falls Road. A mixture off single track and former logging roads with elevation changes of 1,700 feet encountered. The trails offer gentle to moderate hiking grades but are challenging for bikes. State Parks are great resources for the mountain biker. Bobby Brown State Park has the beauty of a lake close at hand and trails for the novice National Wildlife Refuges National Forests, Monuments and Seashores Lakes and Reservoirs Blackbeard Island Harris Neck Okefenokee Piedmont Savannah Wassaw Andersonville Chattahoochee NF Chattahoochee River Chattahoochee-Oconee NF Chickamauga and Chattanooga Cumberland Island Seashore Fort Pulaski Monument Jimmy Carter Historic Site Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Martin Luther King, Jr. Ocmulgee Oconee NF Allatoona Bobby Brown Carters Elijah Clark George T. Bagby Lodge Georgia Veterans Memorial Hart Hartwell High Falls Sidney Lanier Mistletoe Moccasin Creek Red Top Mountain Lodge Richard B. Russell Russell Seminole Tugaloo Walter F. George West Point

Guide to State Parks: A. H. Stephens Amicalola Falls and Lodge Black Rock Mountain Bobby Brown Chief Vann House Cloudland Canyon Crooked River Dahlonega Gold Museum Elijah Clark Etowah Indian Mounds F. D. Roosevelt Florence Marina Fort King George Fort McAllister Fort Morris Fort Mountain Fort Yargo General Coffee George L. Smith George T. Bagby and Lodge Georgia Veterans Memorial Gordonia-Alatamaha Hamburg Hard Labor Creek Hart High Falls Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation Indian Springs James H. "Sloppy" Floyd Jarrell Plantation Jefferson Davis Memorial John Tanner Kolomoki Mounds Lapham-Patterson House Laura S. Walker Little Ocmulgee Lodge Little White House Magnolia Springs Mistletoe Moccasin Creek New Echota Cherokee Capitol Panola Mountain Pickett's Mill Battlefield Providence Canyon Red Top Mountain Lodge Reed Bingham Richard B. Russell Robert Toombs House Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve Seminole Skidway Island Smithgall Woods/ Dukes Creek Conservation Area Sprewell Bluff Stephen C. Foster Sweetwater Creek Tallulah Gorge State Park Tugaloo Unicoi Lodge Victoria Bryant Vogel Watson Mill Wormsloe

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