Length: 4.11 miles
Drive Time From Athens: 25 - 30 minutes
Total Elevation Gain: 131 ft
Please note: Hawkes Creek is only open to mountain biking on odd-numbered days (the 3rd, the 17th, the 25th, etc). Please do not ride this trail on even days, when it is reserved for horses.
This trail is on private property and we ride with the owner's permission. Please remember when you ride this trail that you are a guest at their family farm and treat it with appropriate respect.
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How to Get There:
Take Oconee St/Lexington Hwy East out of Athens. You will pass by the Clarke County Police Dept and Tag Office on your left.
Take a left onto Cherokee Rd
1st stoplight take right on Beaverdam Rd
At stop sign take right on Robert Hardeman Rd and then immediate left back onto Beaverdam Rd
At end take right and then immediate left on Hargrove Lake Rd.
3-4 miles on left, use entrance at top of hill and park to the right (see map).