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Length: 2.5 miles (4.0K)
Rating: Easy-
Use: Light
Hiking and Bicycling Times:
About 1 hour round trip.
Restrictions: No motorized
vehicles. Trail designed for day hikers, not recommended for horses.
Free Knob Loop Trail is just strenuous enough to provide a feeling of
healthy outdoor exercise and the river walk provides a nice contrast to
the forested setting. The eastern end is through a beautiful mature pine
grove on a needle carpeted trail.
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| Free Knob Loop Trail combines a
woodland trail walk ascending, crossing and descending a small knob with a
return road walk alongside the Toccoa River. The eastern end is through a
beautiful mature pine grove on a needle carpeted trail. This trail is
recommended any time of year, but winter is best. From the ridgeline atop
the knob views of the head of the lake (to the north) and the Toccoa River
(to the south) may be obtained almost simultaneously. The trail ascends Free
Knob with the lower eastern portion passing through a pine grove. The trail
climbs steeply just before reaching the ridgeline. The walk across the top
is gentle. After crossing a logging road the trail reenters general forest
and descends to road alongside river. Turn left and walk along river
(upstream) to return to vehicle parking.
Directions from Blue Ridge, Georgia:
Travel east (toward Blairsville, GA) on GA Hwy 515,
approx. 0.8 miles past intersection with GA Hwy 5. Turn Right at Windy
Ridge Rd., go 0.2 miles to dead end with Old U.S. 76. Turn left, go 0.2
miles to Aska Road on right. Continue south on Aska Read to Shallowford
Bridge. Turn left across river and immediate right on dirt-gravel road
leading to Dial, GA. At 0.4 miles come to point where trail enters road
from forest. Continue east on road to parking area at 1.2 miles.
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