The Pinhoti Trail's 335 miles cross the Southern Appalachians in Alabama and Georgia, connecting to the Benton Mackaye Trail in the beautiful Cohutta Wilderness with opportunities to link with the Appalachian Trail and the 1,000 mile Mountains to the Sea Trail. This list covers the Georgia section from the Alabama border to the BMT.

Most of the trail is multi-use allowing mountain biking and horses, but there are extensive sections of road walks, some on busy roads.
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1Spout Springs Road
Rome
2 miles
2Blacks Bluff Road
Rome
5 miles
3Blacks Bluff Road
Rome
5,148 ft
4Lock and Dam Road
Rome
1,732 ft
5GA Route 1
Rome
3,704 ft
6GA Route 1
Rome
4 miles
7Turner Bend Road
Rome
5,039 ft
8Alabama Highway
Rome
2 miles
9Huffaker Road
Rome
3 miles
10Pinhoti Trail - Simms Mountain
Summerville
4 miles
11Pinhoti Trail - Simms Mountain N
Summerville
8 miles
12Pinhoti Trail -Taylor Ridge
Summerville
9 miles
13FS 205A
Summerville
1,621 ft
14FS 205
Summerville
2,365 ft
15Pinhoti (Mack White Gap - The Narrows)
Summerville
3,389 ft
16Taylors Ridge Road
Summerville
2 miles
17Pinhoti Trail - Hammond Gap
Summerville
6 miles
18Black Springs Creek Road
Summerville
1,175 ft
19Narrows Road
Summerville
2,733 ft
20Pinhoti Trail - The Narrows
Summerville
1 mile
21The Narrows Picnic Road
Summerville
1,398 ft
22The Narrows Picnic Road
Summerville
1 mile
23West Armuchee Road
Summerville
1,381 ft
24Pinhoti (Strawberry Mountain)
John's Mountain
5 miles
25Manning Mill Road
John's Mountain
4,219 ft
26East Armuchee Road
John's Mountain
1,545 ft
27Pinhoti Trail
John's Mountain
866 ft
28Turkey
John's Mountain
2 miles
29Pinhoti (East Armuchee - Snake Creek Gap)
John's Mountain
5 miles
30Pinhoti Trail - South Route
John's Mountain
3,855 ft
31Pinhoti Trail - North Route
John's Mountain
1 mile
32Johns Mountain / Pinhoti
John's Mountain
4,232 ft
33Johns Mountain
John's Mountain
2 miles
34Keown Falls
John's Mountain
3,793 ft
35Keown Falls Road
John's Mountain
3,425 ft
36Pocket Road
John's Mountain
518 ft
37Pilcher's Pond
John's Mountain
1 mile
38Pinhoti Trail - North Route
John's Mountain
2 miles
39Pinhoti Trail - North Route
John's Mountain
1 mile
40Pinhoti Trail - Snake Creek Gap
John's Mountain
4 miles
41Pinhoti Trail - The Snake
John's Mountain
12 miles
42Hurricane Creek Trail
John's Mountain
2 miles
43Pinhoti Trail - Dug Mountain
John's Mountain
3 miles
44FS 202 - Dug Gap
John's Mountain
3,323 ft
45Pinhoti Trail - Jackson Chapel
Rome
2 miles
46Dug Gap Mountain Road
Dalton
2 miles
47Walnut Street
Dalton
4 miles
48Airport Road
Dalton
4,747 ft
49Tibbs Bridge Road
Dalton
5 miles
50Tibbs Bridge Road
Dalton
2 miles
51Greson Bend Road
Dalton
4,259 ft
52Callie Jones Road
Dalton
1 mile
53Georgia Highway 52 Alternate
Historic High Country
1 mile
54Pinhoti Trail
Chatsworth
1 mile
55GA Highway 52 Alternate
Historic High Country
135 ft
56Ellijay Street
Historic High Country
1,795 ft
57Elm Street
Chatsworth
1,572 ft
58Spring Place – Smyrna Road
Chatsworth
3 miles
59Smyrna Church Road
Chatsworth
666 ft
60Smyrna – Ramhurst Road
Chatsworth
4 miles
61Highway 76
Ramhurst
971 ft
62Old Federal Road
Ramhurst
1 mile
63Dennis Mill Road
Ramhurst
1 mile
64Pinhoti Trail - Rock Creek
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
6 miles
65Pinhoti Trail - FS 3A
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
1 mile
66Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4,052 ft
67Pinhoti Trail - Tatum Mountain
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
5 miles
68Tatum Lead
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
1,401 ft
69Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4,052 ft
70GA 2/52
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
2,451 ft
71Pinhoti Trail - Turkey Mountain
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4 miles
72Mulberry Gap Road
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
1 mile
73Pinhoti Trail - Double Top
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4 miles
74Wilderness Road
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
643 ft
75Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4 miles
76Bear Creek / Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4,593 ft
77Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
781 ft
78Bear Creek / Pinhoti Trails
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
2,707 ft
79Pinhoti (Bear Creek - Mtn Town)
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
1 mile
80Mountaintown Creek
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
4 miles
81Pinhoti Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
3 miles
82Pinhoti Trail - Hematite
Rome
1 mile
83Pinhoti Trail
Rome
4 miles
84Old Cave Spring – Cedartown Road
Rome
2 miles
85Rolater Park Road
Rome
1,381 ft
86Georgia Street
Rome
577 ft
87South Fork Trail
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests Conasauga District
1,562 ft
88Alabama Street
Rome
1,450 ft
89Mill Street
Rome
2 miles
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