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Atlanta Trails

Atlanta: Dockery Lake Trail

Walk 6.8 miles out and back on a rocky singletrack path into an intimate ravine streaming with cold, blue mountain waters. The hike ends at a quiet Appalachian high point.

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Trail Facts

  • Distance: 5.5

Waypoints

DLT001

Location: 34.6730728149414, -83.9767379760742

From NE end of parking lot, hop on Dockery Lake Trail

DLT002

Location: 34.6739196777344, -83.9764099121094

Cross wood bridge, traveling N along lakeside

DLT003

Location: 34.6775321960449, -83.9745788574219

Views of distant ridges to the E

DLT004

Location: 34.6792068481445, -83.9806137084961

Cross stream

DLT005

Location: 34.6815299987793, -83.977424621582

Fill water bottle near cascading stream

DLT006

Location: 34.6842231750488, -83.9774856567383

Creek runs wide and swift; good primitive campsites in flats

DLT007

Location: 34.6856155395508, -83.9784545898438

Climb along Pigeon Roost Creek as the Tennessee Valley Divide springs up on the L

DLT008

Location: 34.6983451843262, -83.9796981811524

Wooded col; views only in autumn and winter when the leaves have fallen from the mature oaks and maples

DLT009

Location: 34.7040824890137, -83.9847717285156

Dockery Lake Trail comes to a T with Appalachian Trail. Eat a quiet lunch with distant mountains views, then return to your car the way you came.

Optional add-on: To make this hike a loop, turn S onto the AT and follow to Windy Gap, then turn E on GA 60 back to Dockery Lake Campground. Adds 2.2 miles to total mileage.

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