This is a rugged area with much history and a great place to get acquainted with. Bring your mtn bike and enjoy the 30 miles of rugged but well maintained trails. Cache site is a spectacular view of the Chattahoochee NF you will find after some navigation on beautiful scenic mountain trails well worth your visit. After registering and paying trail fees at the park headquarters, begin at N 34.45880 W 84.42267 in the parking area for mountain bikers.
Pick one of many trails and navigate to a spot 147.7deg 4540ft from the starting coordinates. Here you will find a beautiful southwest view overlooking the valley below. Look for a small dogwood near the view side of the trail and take a seat on the large oak lying on its side with roots near the dogwood. Enjoy the view and make sure you see a small lake in the valley at about 235deg. You should also see another large standing oak about 15 steps down hill in the direction of the lake. After finding the right tree to sit on, take a reading of the bearing the tree is laying. You will need this bearing to find the cache!!!
Continue to navigate along trails of your choice to a spot 263.8deg 1.17 miles from spot you sat on the downed oak tree. Here you will find one of Georgia Powers finest. Look for a medium size rock in the ground about four steps to the northeast. Standing on this rock, continue along the bearing of the downed tree for the same number of feet as the bearing. Here you will find a spectacular view of the Chattahoochee NF marked by a small cairn of rocks inside a hollow tree.
Look around and you will also find:
- Small Mine at 34.45584 W 84.43216
- Gold Mine Branch at 34.45723 W 84.43013
- Very Interesting Mine Chute at 34.47170 W 84.42672
- Earnest Mine with Machinery at 34.47147 W 84.42673
- Well-maintained Georgia Park for your Enjoyment!!!
Your welcome to take in as much of these as you please and all I ask is that you log your visit on Geocaching.com!!!! Please leave the cache site the way you found it and if you ride your bike please keep it on the trail. For more information, go to http://ngeorgia.com/parks/fort.html