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- From: david@wmms.UUCP (David R. Mayne)
- Subject: Re: Chattahochee recomendation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.023432.10848@wmms.UUCP>
- Organization: University of Absurdity
- References: <1992Nov11.140534.223@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <BxzHsp.AK2@hpuerca.atl.hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:34:32 GMT
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- In article <BxzHsp.AK2@hpuerca.atl.hp.com> sjp@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Steve Phillips) writes:
- >hang the Chattachochee, try the Cohutta wilderness.
-
- Well, the Cohutta wilderness *is* part of the Chattachoochee National
- Forest.
-
- >Its sorta touristy but a short hike is to go up I75,
- >enter the Cohuttas from the north and hike the Beech Bottom
- >Trail down to Jacks River Falls, about 3 miles good geo/hydro.
-
- One of the most popular and crowded routes in the Cohutta's.
- Sometimes you can go in there to camp, and find 200 others
- already there (Greyfield, for example). This is a beautiful area,
- but is increasingly coming well over-used, thanks to articles
- in Backpackers Magazine, and posts like this. If you go in the
- Cohutta's, please practice minimum impact - it may even become
- an official policy (along with regulations) of the Cohutta district
- Forest Service (public meetings are being scheduled now).
-
- >There are !lots! of state parks in N. GA with these same features.
- >See Unicoi, Anna Ruby Falls, Tallulah Gorge, Amacolola Falls etc.
- >
-
- Anna Ruby Falls would be a good choice if the grandparents came
- along.
-
-
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- David R. Mayne 1372 Normandy Dr. NE Atlanta, GA 30306
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