Trail crossing at Old Jackson Chapel Rd., GA
At mile marker 3.1 on US Hwy 411, turn south on Jackson Chapel Rd.
Turn right at the chapel on to Old Jackson Chapel Rd. The crossing is about 2.7 miles south of Jackson Chapel.
(The private dirt road about 0.7 mile north of the crossing could be used by permission only.)
Private, gated, Hunt Club Gap dirt road.
Next to Salem Church (On Cherokee Co. Rd. 8 about 0.7 mile east of the trail crossing.) This is about a 0.8 mile pretty steep climb up to the gap but it’s the only access in this section)
Trail crossing on Salem Church Rd.
(Cherokee Co. Rd. 8 about 2.1 miles northeast of Co Rd 45)
US Hwy 278 Highpoint Trailhead
(about 0.2 mile east of Cherokee Co. Rd. 45)
Highpoint Trailhead
is east of Mile Marker 165 on US Hwy 278 about 7+ miles east of Piedmont, AL.
Access can also be from a gated log rd. about 0.3 mile east of the trailhead on Hwy 278. This log road goes around the east and south side of High Point Hill then crosses Lanie Creek. There is no other easy access to this 6.1 mile section until the crossing at Maxwell Gap.
Maxwell Gap Cleburne Co. Rd. 70.
6+ miles east of Piedmont, AL between Augusta Mine Ridge & Wilson Ridge.
Cleburne Co. Rd. 94
Terrapin Creek Valley & Chief Ladiga Trail. Access is off Co Rd 70 east of Maxwell Gap. The trail crosses Co Rd 94 & joins the rail trail for about a half mile.
South Fork of Terrapin Creek Dam
Access via west end of Co Rd 94, then Cleburne Co. Rd 204 & 220.
Access via closed log rd. about 0.1 mile south of the old fire tower rd. (closed FS 539) on Dugger ridgeline off FS 500. The trail joins this log rd. about 0.4 mile east of FS 500.
Trail crossing of FS 500 north
(east) of Dugger Mt. Wilderness.
Jones Branch Rd.
(Gap). Abandoned log road is really not much shorter than just hiking the trail in from Calhoun Co Rd. 55 (Rabbittown Rd.)
Rabbittown Road
(Calhoun Co Rd 55), crossing and Burns Trailhead.
Choccolocco Creek Dam
gated access road off FS Rd 532. Best to get gate unlocked by USFS. This provides easy access to shelter and dam crossing.
FS Rd 532-A
north off FS 532. From the north end of FS 532-A, take a steep bushwack north for about a quarter mile to the trail.
FS Rd 534 -B?.
A closed log road off FS 534 to the west provides access to where the trail crosses the south fork of Choccolocco Creek near an old logging, homestead, and whiskey still site.
USFS Rd 540 crossing
(off FS 532 to the northeast)
USFS Rd 500 crossing
at the Coleman Lake Trailhead.
USFS Rd 553-Q
(553D)crossing (Coleman Dam access rd.)
Shoal Creek Church Rd
(FS 553D) access rd to cemetery.
USFS Rd 553
(Cleburne Co Rd 61) crossing. (Trail comes near FS 553-O about a half mile s. of FS553)
Sweetwater Lake Rd.
(FS 500-M or 503B) Access about 1 mile east of FS 500.
| FS Rd. 500 Access Points (Sweetwater Lake south) | |
|---|---|
| (Mile points are from the Railroad Trailhead northward) | |
| 9.8 | Jct FS 500 and 500-M (503B) Sweet Water Lake Rd. Trail crosses 500-M 0.1 mile above lake. Access is also via a gated spur road off 500-M which leads south to the earth dam. |
| 8.8 | Access via obscure log road to east in swag. Trail is about 0.2 mile east. |
| 8.5 | Jct. FS 530 & FS 500 NO ACCESS to trail |
| 7.9 | Cole Cemetery & gated log road access to trail about 0.2 mile east. |
| 7.4 | Pine Glen Camp Ground west of FS 500. Trail uses FS 500 to cross Shoal Creek bridge. |
| 6.9 | Jct. of north loop FS 531 & 500. Trail crosses FS 531 1.6 miles sw on FS531 (n. of bridge) Trail access is also via 3 areas on gated FS 531-I off 531 about 1 mile sw of FS 500 jct. |
| 5.7 | Skeeter Branch Hunter’s Camp on east side of FS500. NO ACCESS to trail |
| 4.1 | Jct. FS 501-L & 500, Access along 501-L in 2 places. 2nd access is where trail crosses 500-L. |
| 3.5 | Jct FS 500 & 533 NO ACCESS to trail |
| 2.9 | Fire Tower rd. NO ACCESS to trail |
| 2.2 | Jct. of south loop of FS 531 & FS500. Trail crosses FS 531 0.8 mile north of the jct. Access is also 0.4 mile n. of FS500 jct. through woods to west about 0.1 mile. |
| 2.0 | Jct. of FS 523 &500. Trail crosses FS 523 about 0.2 mile to the west. |
| 1.5 | Access via closed dirt road to a camp site about 0.3 mile to the southwest |
| 0.9 | Access via closed road to a game plot near the trail, about 0.3 mile to the west. |
| 0.6 | Access via woods walk northwest for about 50 yards. |
| 0.3 | Trail crosses FS 500 north of the RR TH. |
| 0.0 | Railroad Trailhead on FS Rd 500 north of Shoal Creek Ranger Station |
| Mile Marker | AL Hwy 281 Talladega Scenic Drive |
| 497.2 | AL Hwy 281 starts at jct. with FS500 about 0.1 mile south of Railroad Trailhead. |
| 497.1 | Pinhoti Trail leaves the Scenic drive to the west just across the US Hwy 78 bridge. |
| 496.8 | Major Power Transmission Line crossing, not a good access point. |
| 496.6 | Scenic Overlook pullout to east, NO ACCESS to trail |
| 496.2 | Scenic Overlook (east) & small comm. tower to west, not a good access point. |
| 496.05 | Access via gated gravel rd. to west approx. 0.1 mile west. |
| 495.9 | Pipeline crossing, Not a good access point. |
| 495.7 | Gated access road to pipeline; access is about 0.2 mile nw & also longer along pipeline. |
| 495.1 | Trail crosses AL Hwy 281 into Mother’s Day 2008 tornado damaged area. |
| 495.0 | Access via closed log road next to Mother’s Day tornado Kiosk. 0.3 mile east. |
| 494.7 | Pipeline crossing, not a good access point. |
| 494.6 | Access via a gated logging road, southeast about 0.3 mile to trail crossing. |
| 494.0 | Pipeline crossing, not a good access point. |
| 493.8 | Trail joins AL 281 next to FS Rd 519-A north of I 20. |
| 493.7 | Trail crossed I 20 on Bridge.
493.6 Trail leaves I 20 to the west. |
| 493.1 | Trail access via closed log road about 75 yards west of Scenic Drive. |
| 492.9 | Trail access via woods walk about 100 yards to west in a wet area. |
| 492.1 | Jct. of FS Rd 518, trail crosses FS 518 about 0.2 mile nw. of a curve in AL 281. Access is also available at 2 places along FS 518-B to the sw. off FS 518 |
| 490.8 | Bridge over US Hwy 431. Trail crosses US 431 about a half mile north of bridge. |
| 490.2 | Paved road access to US 431 off Scenic Drive. |
| 489.7 | jct. FS Rd 515; trail crosses FS 515 about 0.4 mile nw. of the Scenic Drive. |
| 488.3 | Closed dirt road to fire Tower. No trail access. |
| 488.2 | Scenic Overlook pullout to the northwest. No trail access. |
| 487.4 | Jct. of Co Rd 24 Abel Gap Rd., Trail crosses Co Rd 24 1.2 miles nw of AL 281. Trail access is also at Morgan Lake (1 mile nw of AL 281) and off FS 515 (1.7 miles nw of AL 281) |
| 485.9 | Access via closed & unmarked log road about 0.4 mile nw of AL 281. |
| 484.0 | Major Power Transmission line crossing, Not a Good Access point. |
| 483.2 | Scenic Overlook pullout with view to nw. No trail access.. |
| 482.9 | Old Cheaha rd.(CC Rd or FS 508 ( 589)) jct., Better access is from the north end of the CC Rd. off of Co. Rd. 135 or McIntosh Rd. 3.2 miles to new gate, then another 1.1 miles of historic enjoyable walk to trail crossing. (It is about a 3.3 mile hike from the Scenic Drive down to the trail crossing.) |
| 481.1 | Jct. of AL Hwy 49 & 281. Hwy 49 & Clay co rd. 60 … access to Nubin Creek TH |
| 478.2 | Cheaha Trailhead, Cave Creek trail starts here with a short connector to the Pinhoti |
| 478.0 | Pinhoti Trail crosses Hwy 281 at mile marker 478. |
| 477.6 | Cheaha ST Park entrance, access is about 0.8 mile using the Bald Rock board walk & Trail |
| 477.0 | Cleburne Co./ Clay Co. border sign. No trail access. |
| 476.2 | Jct. with “Cheaha Rd.” (Talladega Co Rd 385), access to Chinnabee Lake & TH. |
| 474.5 | Jct. of FS 600-3, Chinnabee Trail crossing & parking Lot. (Pinhoti access is long & hard) |
| 474.3 | Turnipseed Camp entrance, (Pinhoti Trail access is long with a substantial elevation gain) |
| 473.6 | jct. with FS Rd. 645, access to Skyway Trail. |
| 473.2 | Emergency access to Pinhoti via obscure & closed log rd. (CCRS marked on pavement) Follow log rd. se. for about 1 mile to where the trail joins it at 3.5 miles n. of Adams Gap |
| 472.8 | Hubbard Creek Bridge Not a good access point. |
| 472.6 | Trail access up hill south through woods for a ¼ mile |
| 472.3 | Jct. Fs Rd 633, access to Skyway Trail through private property to the nw. |
| 471.4 | Scenic View pullout with view of Cheaha Mt. Not a good access point. |
| 470.8 | Adams Gap Trailhead, jct. of AL Hwy 281, FS Rd 600-2, & Clay Co Rd 107 (Blue Ridge Rd) |
| Co Rd 107 & 12 lead to High Falls Trailhead (Odum Scout Trail) | |
| Odometer Miles |
FS Rd. 600-2 Access Points |
| 0.0 | Adams Gap Trailhead, jct. of AL Hwy 281, FS Rd 600-2 |
| 1.4 | Patterson Gap, jct. with closed FS Rd. 637-U (trail crosses 637-U 0.2 mile nw.) |
| 1.5 | Access via woods 100 yards to west to switchback in the trail. |
| 2.0 | Access via woods walk 50 yards to the west. |
| 2.4 | Pinhoti Trail crosses FS 600-2 north east of Burgess Point. |
| 3.1 | Pinhoti Trail crosses FS 600-2 southwest of Burgess Point |
| 3.6 | Access to trail via 50 yards woods walk to the northwest. |
| 5.0 | Pinhoti Trail joins FS 600-2 just north of Guntertown Rd (Clairmont Gap, Co Rd 394) |
| 0.0 | Clairmont Gap, Guntertown Rd., (Distances are approximate going south along FS 600-2) Trail leaves FS 600-2 on the west side just south of Guntertown Rd |
| 0.2 | Access to trail via short walk over ridge under the power line. (The next puddle is deep & wide) |
| 2.2 | Trail crosses FS 600-2 |
| 3.5 | Trail crosses FS 600-2 and parallels the dirt road on the north side |
| 4.7 | Trail joins FS Rd 600-2 about 0.2 mile east of Talladega Creek bridge & RR tracks. The Pinhoti Trail leaves Skyline Drive about 0.2 mile west of Talladega Creek & the railroad; |
| There are no good access points for the next 3.2 miles of trail until Porter Gap TH at Hwy 77. | |
| HORN MOUNTAIN SECTION | |
| There are at least 3 access points to the trail along gated FS Rd 621-A which pulls off of FS 621 just north of Porter Gap TH on Hwy 77. About 0.6 mile past the 1st gate on FS 621-A, follow a blocked log rd to the left, south. The trail crosses this in about 1/10th mile. About 1.1 miles past the 1st gate, park near the 2nd gate and follow an obscure log rd. sw to a major switchback in the trail. One can also just keep going on FS RD 621-A all the way to Scott Lake but I would not recommend that route. | |
| FS 600-1 Access points (from Hwy 77 south of Porter Gap TH) | |
| 0.0 | Jct of Hwy 77 & FS Rd 600-1 (mileages are approximate along FS 600-1) |
| 3.0 | Trail crosses FS 600-1 at a junction of a short spur road to the north. |
| 3.6 | Trail crosses FS 600-1 again |
| 3.8 | Access from parking at Sunset Rock (Wormy’s Pulpit) |
| 4.3 | Trail comes very close to FS600-1 |
| 4.9 | Trail comes very close to FS600-1 on the north side of Horn Mt Tower site. |
| 5.3 | Horn Mt Fire Tower & Picnic area side gated road. |
| 5.9 to 6.2 | Trail stays close to FS Rd 600-1 for about 0.3 mile. |
| 7.0 to 7.2 | Trail stays close to FS Rd 600-1 for about 0.2 mile. |
| 7.5 | Access to trail at Sherman Cliffs scenic overlook area |
| 8.3 | Access to trail via major power transmission line crossing. |
| 9.9 | Trail comes close to FS600-1 |
| 10.8 | Trail crosses FS rd. 600-1 (3rd time) |
| 11.3 | Trail crosses FS rd. 600-1 (4th time) |
| 11.6 | Access via short dirt rd. off FS 600-1 to north |
| 11.8 | Trail comes close to FS Rd 600-1 |
| 12.3 | Access and parking at small power line crossing (which goes under ground) |
| 13.4 | Trail comes close to FS 600-1 (parking & small camp site) |
| 14.2 | FS Rd 600-1 junction with AL Hwy 148 at Bulls Gap near TH on FS 607. Trailhead parking is about 0.1 mile north on FS607 from AL Hwy 148. |
| REBECCA MOUNTAIN ACCESS POINTS | |
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Mile Marker 11.3 on Al Hwy 148 Bulls Gap trailhead off FS Rd 607. At mile marker 3.3, turn south on Trammel Motorway (FS 603). Go south on the gravel road for 2.5 miles and turn left (east) on FS Rd 603-A. Follow it for 0.5 mile and turn right (south) on unmarked FS 603-C. Trailhead parking lot is about 0.1 mile on right. Trail comes close to FS 603-B about 0.2 mile east of FS 603-A. Access is also at the junction of FS 603-B and FS rd. 675 (old log railroad bed). | |
| Access points off Bull Gap Road (south of the ridgeline) | |
| 0.0 | Jct. of Bull Gap Rd, Chapman Rd., & railroad in Hollins, AL. (no trail access) |
| 2.7 | Jct. of West Tower (Sage Gap rd.) & Bull Gap Rd. Turn north and go 1.0 mile to crossing at Sage Gap. Bear left (west) on concrete paved rd. for a ¼ mile to the west comm. tower and trail. |
| 3.6 | Hollins Hunt Camp, FS 685. No trail access. |
| 4.0 | Midway. No trail access. |
| 5.0 | White Oak Rd. No trail access. |
| 5.3 | Jct. East Tower rd. (FS Rd. 680). It is about a half mile up this steep dirt rd. to White Gap & trail crossing. |
| 6.4 | Jct. Hollins Tower Rd (FS 680-B) & Bull Gap Rd. Trail comes close to this rd. at ridgeline. (not good access) |
| 8.4 | Jct. of Bull Gap rd. and Clay Co. Rd 7. (no trail access) |
| 9.3 | Jct. of Clay Co 7 & AL Hwy 148. (near mile marker 12.2 on Al Hwy 148). No trail access. |
| ALABAMA HIKING TRAIL SOCIETY 19.7 MILE SECTION | |
| (Currently, about 15 miles of this section is a road walk from the USFS Trammel TH on FS 603-C to the log road off Coosa Co Rd. 56 about 0.8 mile west of Weogufka, AL) * | |
| Weogufka / Flagg Mountain Pinhoti Trail access points | |
| (Mile points are from downtown Weogufka) | |
| 0.0 | Downtown Weogufka, Jct. of Coosa Co Rds. 29 & 56 (Caperton’s Old South Store) |
| 5.5 | Driving south on Co Rd 29, turn right (west ) on Co Rd 16 & soon cross Weogufka Creek |
| 6.2 | Turn right (north) on Weogufka Forest Rd. (CC Rd that traverses Flagg Mt.) |
| 7.9 | South end of the Pinhoti Trail, with Pavilion and Kiosk. |
| 8.3 | South end of the AHTS Flagg Mt. Trail (yellow blazed) |
| 8.8 | Crest of ridge on Flagg Mt, access rd. to stone CCC Tower and Picnic Pavilion |
| 9.5 | Gated access rd. to lower cabins and difficult obscure route to trail shelter. |
| 9.6 | North Trailhead for the AHTS Flag Mt. Trail (yellow blazed) |
| 10.5 | 19 Ton bridge on CC Rd. |
| 11.0 | Jct. of CC Rd and Co Rd 55, turn right (north) |
| 11.8 | Jct. of Coosa Co Rds. 55 & 56 (turn right, northeast) |
| 14.1 | Pinhoti Trail joins CO Rd 56 at gravel logging rd. about 0.8 mile west of Weogufka. Access points along the gravel log road are as follows: |
| 0.0 | Trail leaves log road near its junction with Coosa Co. Rd 56. |
| 0.45 | Access to trail & wood bridge near creek. |
| 1.2 | Turn right on gravel log road. (no trail access) |
| 1.4 | Trail joins log road & heads west then south. |
| 2.3 | Trail leaves the log road & heads southwest. From north to south this road walk route uses FS 603 (Co Rd 231),(crosses CR 511), Lakewood Cir., Azalea Rd., Red Bud Rd., Old Rockhouse Rd (CR 66), CR 150,(crosses US 280 & AL 21), CR 41, & CR 56. We will soon be working on about 8+ miles of new trail on the east side of Weogufka. |