Ellijay side
Mountaintown and Bear Creek
Outside the designated wilderness on the Ellijay side, where old logging grades make for gentler trail and where bicycles are legal on several routes.
| Trail | Distance | Difficulty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountaintown Creek Trail A long creek walk on the east side with wild trout and about twenty crossings. | 11.4 mi round trip | Moderate to Strenuous | About 20 crossings |
| Bear Creek Trail A loop to the Gennett Poplar, open to bikes, and the busiest trail on this list. | 8.5 mi loop | Moderate | No crossings recorded |
| Pinhoti Section 30 FS Road 90 to Buddy Cove Gap Eleven miles from Forest Service Road 90 east to Buddy Cove Gap. | 11 mi one way | Moderate | No crossings recorded |
| Pinhoti Section 31 Buddy Cove Gap to Benton MacKaye Trail Three miles to the point where the Pinhoti ends at the Benton MacKaye. | 3.1 mi one way | Easy to Moderate | No crossings recorded |