Bartram Trail - Northeast Georgia

Hikers today can experience parts of William Bartram's journey along the 37-mile portion of the Bartram Trail in the Tallulah Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest. This description takes up the trail from the North Carolina border and follows it south through Georgia. Northern Trail Head to Rabun Bald - 3.0 miles Flabun Bald to Saltrock Gap - 2.5 miles Saltrock Gap to Wilson Gap - 3.0 miles Wilson Gap to Courthouse Gap - 6.5 miles Courthouse Gap to Warwoman Rd. - 3.0 miles Warwoman Rd. to Chattooga River Trail - 9.0 miles Chattooga River Trail to Warwoman Ford - 3.5 miles Warwoman Ford to Highway 28 - 6.0 miles Total length: 37 miles The Northern end of the Bartram Trail begins about one mile east of the Commissioners Rock on the Georgia-North Carolina border. It heads southwest for about three miles across the headwaters of Holcomb Creek. It then joins an old jeep road at Beegum Gap and follows it down a ridge one mile to Rabun Bald, Georgia's second h