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LIL' BUTT KNOB
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| LOCATION:
West Central Georgia |
| HIKE
STARTS: GA 190 At PMT Mile #11 |
| HIKE ENDS:
GA 190 At PMT Mile #11 |
| TOTAL
DISTANCE: 8.8 Miles |
| HIKE TYPE:
Roundtrip, Loop Hike |
| HIKE
DIFFICULTY: Easy to Moderate |
| TRAILS
USED: Pine Mountain, Sawtooth |
| TRAIL
TRAFFIC: Moderate to Heavy |
| TRIP TYPE:
Day or Overnight Hike |
| MANAGEMENT:
FDR State Park |
HIGHLIGHTS: The Pine Mountain
Trail is a 23-mile footpath, which crosses and follows the Pine Mountain Ridge
in west central Georgia. The trail is inside Franklin Delano Roosevelt State
Park, close to Calloway Gardens, and popular with people from all over the
State. Much of the land once belonged to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose
farm was located near the present site of WJSP-TV. Today, volunteers from the
Pine Mountain Trail Association maintain the path which includes many points of
interest and very few steep inclines. The trail was first developed in 1975 and
now is used by over 50,000 hikers and backpackers each year.
The Lil’ Butt Knob route is the shortest of
the loop hikes in the park at only 8.8 miles. It is suitable for either day or
overnight hiking, with three designated campsites along the route at Beech
Bottom, Big Knot, and Grindstone Campsites. This trail starts near Mile #11 on
the Pine Mountain Trail, where it crosses GA 190 and follows the blue blazes in
a counter-clockwise direction just west of Hines Gap. Heading northwest, hike
around the eastern side of a small knob at 1343 feet then make a gradual
200-foot descent to Big Popular Creek. Here the trail makes a series of hairpin
turns around the stream before gaining elevation again to cross a small ridge.
The ridge separates the Big Popular and Beech Branch drainages.
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