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'''Panther Creek Falls Trail''' is an interior [[hiking trail]] in Georgia's [[Cohutta Mountains]], in [[Fannin County, Georgia|Fannin County]], northwest of [[Ellijay]], at the southern end of the [[Great Smoky Mountains|Smoky Mountains]]. The trail falls within the 35,000-[[acre]] [[Cohutta Wilderness]], part of the Wilderness's 87 mile (140 km) trail system. As an interior trail, Panther Creek Falls cannot be accessed by road, but only via other hiking trails. Eastern access is via the East Cowpen Trail, and its western access via the [[Conasauga River]] Trail. The trail starts at the confluence of [[Panther Creek (Georgia)|Panther Creek]] and the Conasauga River. |
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[[Image:http://georgiatrails.com/images/cohuttapanthercreek.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A few of Panther Creek Falls.]] |
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Total distance of the trail is roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 km). Campsites are located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) down the trail. The trail runs along an old railroad line for the first mile, then climbs through a boulder field to the top of Panther Creek Falls, where one achieves a [[panoramic]] view of the Conasauga River Valley. From the falls, the trail climbs to its eastern termination at East Cowpen Trail. |
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'''Panter Creek Falls Trail''' is an interior trail (you must hike on another trail to reach it). within the 35,000-acre Cohutta Wilderness, and part of its 87-mile trail system, with its eastern access via the East Cowpen Trail, and its western access via the Conasauga River Trail. This area of the Cohutta Wilderness is located northwest of Ellijay. |
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==References== |
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At the southern end of same chain of mountains as North Carolina's Smoky Mountains, geologists believe that Georgia's Cohuttas are some of the oldest mountains in the world. First controlled by the Creek Indians, the Cherokee inhabited them around 1720. They considered them to be the "Mother Mountains" or the "Poles of the Earth." |
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{{cite web|last= Carter| first= Gil|title= Cohutta Panther Creek Trail|url= http://www.georgiatrails.com/trails/cohuttapanther.html|accessdate = 26 July 2010}} |
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Stolen from the Cherokee, the state of Georgia gave them to settlers in the Sixth Land Lottery. Many of the Scottish-Irish farmers that worked the fields moved south from North Carolina. Still, the mountains were lightly populated in the 1900's when lumber companies began clear-cutting the land. When the federal government purchased the land in 1937, there was little old-growth forest left. |
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'''About the journey''' |
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[[Category:Protected areas of Fannin County, Georgia]] |
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The hike begins at the confluence of Panther Creek and the Conasauga River on the west side of the Cohutta Wilderness. It quickly reaches an old railroad bed and uses it for path, making the hike somewhat easier as the trail heads east for the first mile. Through rhododendron thickets and with occasional wet-foot crossings the trail continues moderately uphill alongside Panther Creek. After the first mile, the trail leaves the roadbed and becomes a more strenuous boulder field hike, past huge Eastern Hemlocks, to the top of Panther Creek Falls at mile 1.5. Here, looking over the falls, is a beautiful, year round view, across the Conasauga River Valley. Campsites can be found a short distance further down the trail. |
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From the falls, the trail climbs moderately for one half mile, then climbs sharply for a short distance. Soon, the trail climbs out of the cove more gently for the remaining 1.4 miles, to the eastern end of the trail at the East Cowpen Trail. Hiking to the falls from the west, Conasauga Trail route, can mean numerous river crossings enroute to Panther Creek Trail. Hiking to the falls from the east, East Cowpen Trail route, approaches from the upper ridge with no major water crossings. |
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Latest revision as of 11:50, 30 November 2023
Panther Creek Falls Trail is an interior hiking trail in Georgia's Cohutta Mountains, in Fannin County, northwest of Ellijay, at the southern end of the Smoky Mountains. The trail falls within the 35,000-acre Cohutta Wilderness, part of the Wilderness's 87 mile (140 km) trail system. As an interior trail, Panther Creek Falls cannot be accessed by road, but only via other hiking trails. Eastern access is via the East Cowpen Trail, and its western access via the Conasauga River Trail. The trail starts at the confluence of Panther Creek and the Conasauga River.
Total distance of the trail is roughly 3.5 miles (5.6 km). Campsites are located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) down the trail. The trail runs along an old railroad line for the first mile, then climbs through a boulder field to the top of Panther Creek Falls, where one achieves a panoramic view of the Conasauga River Valley. From the falls, the trail climbs to its eastern termination at East Cowpen Trail.
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References
[edit]Carter, Gil. "Cohutta Panther Creek Trail". Retrieved 26 July 2010.
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