ARK01

Dist: 5.89 mi	Points: 8625	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

ARK001

Location: 34.882622°, -83.877747°
From lot, head R to trailhead. Before setting off, inspect Indian carvings behind metal wiring on L side of road

ARK002

Location: 34.884190°, -83.872147°
Huff up steep climb, rising more than 1,100 feet to forested top of Buzzard Roost Ridge

ARK003

Location: 34.880558°, -83.864128°
Follow a series of ridgetops and saddles as flora shifts from fern, oak, and willow to mtn. laurel & rhododendron

ARK004

Location: 34.880394°, -83.849525°
Cross Locust Log Ridge and descend into dense oak forest, watching for black bear or white-tailed deer

ARK005

Location: 34.875633°, -83.843758°
Wildflowers flank the N slope amid slick, moss-covered rocks

ARK006

Location: 34.873718°, -83.830376°
Amid ferns along Chimneytop Mtn., relax under big gray boulder on L

ARK007

Location: 34.874306°, -83.827950°
Rock outcrop in clearing offers majestic views of the blue-hued southern Appalachians and distant ridges to the S

ARK008

Location: 34.871178°, -83.814583°
Begin moderate incline to Brasstown Bald

ARK009

Location: 34.870388°, -83.811081°
Arkaquah Trail ends at Brasstown Bald parking lot. Walk S to a paved, half-mile trail to Georgia's highest peak

ARK010

Location: 34.874233°, -83.810860°
An animatronic Arthur Woody greets visitors to the tower built at the 4,784-ft. summit; view 4 states on a clear day. Retrace steps back to Arkaquah trailhead