About The Trail: Located 10-15 minutes west of Dahlonega, Jake Mountain is just one of many trails off a Forest Road system that goes to the Army Ranger camp, then over the mountains and all the way to Blue Ridge.
This trail system contains many mountain bike trails, including several nice downhills, and unfortunately some hill climbs), but nothing too strenuous that a normal mountain biker hasn't already experienced.
For this ride, we'll start at the Jake Mountain trailhead (directions below) to a bunch of flowing single track that includes a wonderful downhill section that lasts for 1.8 miles! From there, we'll ride to the N-section of trails, and will return through a wonderful trail section that is slightly downhill and very flowy and lasts almost 20 minutes! This is truly a wonderful ride!
Meeting Times/Places/Directions: Please meet at the trailhead. Take Rte 52 west of Dahlonega for ~ 4.6 miles, then turn right onto Nimblewill Church Road (there is an old, decrepit, and nearly falling down old convenience store called Grizzles on the corner). Drive less than five minutes to the Jake Mountain trailhead on the right. Tip: Feel free to drive through Dahlonega, but a quicker and definitely more scenic route is to take a left on Route 136 (about five minutes after passing the GA Premium Outlet Mall), then a right on Route 9 North, then a left onto Route 52.
See you there!
Charlie
