Pinhoti Trail - Bordering Wilderness View Cabins is the Pinhoti Trail.The trail is the longest foot trail in Georgia and connects to the Appalachian Trail (AT It stretches from the Alabama line in Polk County just out side of Cave Spring to the Benton Mackaye Trail deep in the Cohutta District between Ellijay, Blue Ridge, and Chatsworth. It links to the Alabama Pinhoti, which extends for another 100 miles across the Talladega National Forest. To the north it connects with the Appalachian Trail (AT) via the Benton Mackaye Trail.

Amicalola Falls State Park - Amicalola Falls State Park offers hikers a great variety of outdoor choices. The trails are well marked and carefully maintained. Amicalola is a Cherokee word meaning tumbling waters. The falls, formed by Little Amicalola Creek, plunge 729 feet in several cascades, which makes it the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi River. Amicalola Creek is managed as a trout stream and is open to fishing from the last Saturday in March through the end of October.

Bear Creek Trail - Length: 6.7 miles Degree of Difficulty: This is an easy to moderate trail that is a double loop trail that follows scenic Bear Creek through hemlock cove hardwood forests and passes by the Gennett Poplar. This is an immense old growth yellow poplar tree. The 2-mile round trip to the Big Poplar makes a great family outing. Sections of the trail are narrow, steep and the path crosses several streams. This trail is good for hiking and mountain bikes. Shallow streams to ford are part of your experience.

Fort Mountain State Park - Fort Mountain State Park offers an interesting assortment of natural and human history. It lies on the southwestern edge of the Southern Appalachian range and melds into the Ridge and Valley Province giving it a wide variety of habitat types and geological diversity. Old gold mines and active talc mines are in the vicinity. The trails vary from a short walk along the ancient stone, from which the mountain got its name, to the 8.2-mile Gahuti Backcountry Trail. Five trails are well marked, interesting and easy to follow. (Click photo for more information about Fort Mountain hikes).

Grassy Mountain Tower Trail - Length: 2 miles Grassy Mountain Tower Trail stretches from the dam on Lake Conasauga to the old fire tower atop Grassy Mountain. This trail makes an easy ascent up the mountain. Starting from the dam on tiny (17 acres) Lake Conasauga in the Cohutta Wilderness, this trail almost immediately joins its companion hike, the Songbird Trail, and almost immediately bears slightly to the right. Past a beaver dam on the left the trail continues on an uphill path to the top of Grassy Mountain. The trail, which is well worn by the campers, features abundant wildlife and a good spring flower show in late May.

Songbird Trail - A great family hike, this trail follows the Little Conasauga River in then meanders through woods and rhododendron on the return trip. This is an easy trail to follow. The trip down follows a number of beaver dams. The Forest Service has specially constructed docks to permit visitors an up close look at the gentrification process of the lakes formed by the dam.

The Summit of Fort Mountain - Hike on the edge of the Chattahoochee National Forest from The Overlook Inn to The Summit Development. See unusual rock formations, streams, and panaramic views. The trails are currently under construction so some areas along the trail may be strenuous.

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