Darnell Creek - FR 150

Total Miles
5.4

Technical Rating

Moderate

Best Time

Fall, Summer, Spring

Trail Type

Full-Width Road

Accessible By

Trail Overview

Darnell Creek Trail takes you along the Darnell Creek. There are several hiking trails to breathtaking waterfalls along the river. The Darnell Shooting Range is 3 miles up the road. The trail is a gravel forestry road with some soft sand spots that can turn into mud holes after heavy rain and 2-3 feet high obstacles, potholes, and rifts. The road is narrow and not wide enough for two vehicles to pass. 4WD and High-Clearance are highly recommended, especially during Winter. All vehicles must be street-legal. The Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest provides the finest outdoor recreation opportunities and natural resources in Georgia. Featuring nearly 867,000 acres across 26 counties, thousands of miles of clear-running streams and rivers, approximately 850 miles of recreation trails, and dozens of campgrounds, picnic areas, and other recreation activity opportunities, these lands are rich in natural scenery, history, and culture. The Chattachoochee-Oconee National Forest offers a variety of activities such as camping, OHV riding, boating and target shooting. While many of these activities are free, passes or permits may be required at certain recreation sites to help maintain, manage, and improve the facilities: https://www.fs.usda.gov/conf

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Difficulty

Some obstacles require driver with experience.

History

Georgia's only national forest offers 867,000 acres of scenery, history, and culture to explore.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

This is a 1/10 trail. Not sure how it got rated a 6/10. You can do most of it in a car and the rest in a 2WD crossover. Unless you're looking to for hiking trails, camping or shooting range, there is no reason to go down it since it goes no where.

It did not take long to do this trail as it is pretty basic. I have no idea how this is rated so high on here. It was a 2 for me, 3 at best toward the end of the trail. It was the first if 4 I did this day in Chattahoochee National Forest around the Clayton area. After this I went to Sarah’s Creek, Gold Mine Road, and Holden Cemetery Road. I’ve done all the higher rated trails in that area now including Popcorn Creek, Earls Ford, and Chestnut Ridge.