Mountain Biking
Until 2019 I would have told you there wasn’t any single-track mountain biking in Jasper County. But now there are quite a few miles of good single-track in the Ocmulgee River Trail System in the Oconee National Forest in southwest Jasper County if you like the backcountry exploration-type trails mixed in with a bit of logging road here and there. This mountain biking is different than the Dauset Trails type experience; it’s a mix of flowy floodplain singletrack with minimal roots, there aren’t many zig-zag switchback sections, but longer sustained climbs on upland trails and a few forest service roads with a little bit of county maintained dirt road thrown in here and there for connectivity. Click on either one of the start locations below to see the MTB loops from that location, or on one of the route links below:
Start Locations:
- Highway 83 Trailhead
- Ocmulgee Flats Campground off FS Road 1099
- Ocmulgee Bluff Day Use Area off Smith Mill Road (routes coming soon)
- Rush Creek Trailhead off FS 1013, which is off Clay Road (routes coming soon)
- Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center (routes coming soon)
- Juliette Boat Launch
MTB Loops and Routes:
- Juliette-Ocmulgee Flats Lollypop (14.7 miles)
- Hwy 83 to Adams Grave (8.5 miles)
- Beck Bluff Warmup Loop CCW (1.4 miles)
- Beck Bottom Love Mt Loop CCW (3.7 miles)
- Beck Beetle CCW (4.1 miles)
- Ocmulgee Flats to Juliette (8 miles one way)