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Cherokee, AL and Polk County, GA new trailhead from east by "Annette Oeser"

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Cherokee, AL and Polk County, GA new trailhead from east
Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:32 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Annette Oeser"
January 21, 2017
Cherokee County, Alabama Flagpole Mountain
Polk County, Georgia, liner
Ken Oeser and Samantha Richardson

After waiting for the Pinhoti Trail to be completed from the GA/AL to the east, I checked a month ago and found that it has been completed, and trail maps and highlights are available online. Here is my report:

To reach the Jackson Chapel Trailhead, start in Cave Spring, Georgia and go west on US 411 2.3 miles, then turn left onto Jackson Chapel Road. Go straight 3.6 miles to the Jackson Chapel Trailhead on the right. This is a wide spot on the side of a dirt road that is gated 100 feet from the main road. There is really only room for 3 or 4 cars here. The Pinhoti Trail crossed Jackson Chapel Road just north of the parking area, and is marked by blue blazed and metal signs with a turkey foot symbol. The trailhead is just north of a sharp bend to the left on Jackson Chapel Road. Coordinates of the trailhead are 34 02 54, 85 22 52.

A sign states that it is 2.9 miles to the state line, and it is 3.7 miles to the summit of Flagpole Mountain. The state line is marked by a pole with full-sized flags of AL and GA hanging on the sides. The summit of Flagpole is marked by a metal pole with a small US flag on it. There is a witness BM on a rock at the highest point. I followed the direction of the arrow, but everything seemed to be lower along the ridge, and I couldn't find a solid rock or any sign of the summit benchmark. Using the topo and GPS, we backtracked about .4 mile, looking over at the obvious knob that contains the liner Polk County, GA highpoint. The topo shows a saddle on the east end of this knob, so we worked our way along the Pinhoti Trail until aligned with the eastern edge, then descended and found the saddle and followed it up to the high ground. The GPS indicated the highpoint is along the first ridge on the left, so we backtracked a couple hundred feet and followed the ridge to the coordinates for the highpoint. We decided to walk the ridgetop downhill to be sure of hitting the state line, and only 40 feet later noted two small metal signs on a tree atop the ridge. One sign is yellow and says 'State Game Land" or such. This is only 1/4 mile from the Pinhoti Trail. Total distance was right around 8 miles, and it took us 4 hours roundtrip.

Two notes of interest and humor. Due to strong storms in the area, and me not realizing the trailhead is 1.5 hours south of Chattanooga, we didn't start hiking until well after is cleared out, at 2:40 pm. I noted as we started hiking that my batteries were almost dead, and they were indeed dead by the time I entered the coordinates, and my other 7 backup batteries were no better, so I didn't leave it on to note our path. I turned it on briefly to verify location of the two highpoints. The sun set as we returned to the trail from the Polk County highpoint, and we started down with good daylight on this clear day. Knowing I didn't carry a light, I asked Samantha if she brought a light, and she replied yes, so good. We made good time down, but it still got dark after about an hour on this leaf-covered trail. At first we hiked with me in the lead following the contours of the trail and blazed from her light, then me basically walking in my own shadow with her light behind, and then I decided to let her lead. At one sharp turn we had to search and wander around to find where the trail headed down, and from there on the blazes were good and trail more obvious. Being cavers, and going outdoors a good bit, it is humorous and at the same time ridiculous that I didn't carry a light. I could have run down on my own and made it back, but when hiking with someone else we stuck together and enjoyed the darkness.

Ken Oeser
Hendersonville, TN

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