11/12/2019 – Tallulah Gorge State Park, GA

Today, we hiked some of the trails at Tallulah Gorge State Park.

HIKERS – Jenny Bell, Mike Bell, Phil Brownrigg, Ray Clark, Joe Collins, Todd Collins, Renee Corbett, Lynn Hotle, Dick Metzgar, Trushna Nadig, Jeanne O’Connor, Donna Presley, Tony Presley & “Coco” and Vic Robson.

TRAIL INFO. – We started at the Historic Tallulah Falls Jail and hiked the a loop of the Shortline Trail and the Old HWY 441 Lakeside back to the jail and continuing along the lake to the Gorge Rim Trails.

Total hiking distance today – 5.2 miles with only a couple of gentle hills and half of the group did the very steep staircase to the suspension bridge over the gorge and down to the floor of the gorge – a total of 1090 stair steps! Difficulty rating – mostly easy except for the staircase which is very strenuous.

DIRECTIONS: Tallulah Gorge State Park is about 10 miles south of Clayton, GA on Highway 441. For the Shortline Trail, turn to the right at the traffic light in Tallulah Falls (if coming from the north) then turn right and park at the gravel parking lot at the historic Tallulah Falls Jail on the right just before the bridge.

Another great day for a hike! Mostly clear, breezy with temperatures ranging low to mid 40’s F.

Wildflowers in bloom: White Asters, out of season Rhododendron.

Parking at the Historic Tallulah Falls Jail

Crossing the bridge at the start.

Lots of color all along the hike!

An example of the brilliant reds!

Walking along Old HWY 441 beside the lake.

The view from the bridge over the Tallulah River.

Crossing the suspension bridge over the Tallulah River

Beautiful Tallulah Falls Lake!

The Dam Viewpoint at the start of the Gorge.

There are a series of great viewpoints looking deep down into the gorge!

Looking deep into the gorge!

The suspension bridge over the gorge!

Half of our group took the staircase to the suspension bridge and then on down to the floor of the gorge and back up to the south rim. Total of 1090 strenous steps!

Our GPS Track

GPS elevation profile. Can you see the gorge?

The OFHC gang for today’s hike (l-r) Dick Metzgar, Todd Collins, Mike Bell, Joe Collins, Renee Corbett, Jenny Bell, Lynne Hotle, Trushna Nadig with “Coco” Presley, Tony Presley, Donna Presley, Jeanne O’Connor, Phil Brownrigg, Vic Robson, and Ray Clark.

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