Georgia trails · Red Trail
Red Trail
A 31.9-mile point-to-point in Georgia, with 11 ft of climbing. Reaches Ohio Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 40.8 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Ohio Lake (lake)
- Big Water Lake (lake)
- Dinner Pond (lake)
- Pond Lake (lake)
- Minnies Lake (lake)
- Christmas Lake (lake)
- Bear Lake (lake)
- Cypress Lake (lake)
- Finger Lake (lake)
- Maul Hammock Lake (lake)
Getting there
Red Trail access — parking nearby, restroom, water. 30.82685, -82.36165 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:40 a.m., the sun rises at 7:04 a.m. and sets at 7:54 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:18 p.m. (EDT) — 12 h 49 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 31.9-mile route takes roughly 11 h 50 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 6:55 p.m. — 59 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Red Trail + Nature Trail — 1.5 mi loop, 138 ft gain
- Red Trail + White Trail — 3.2 mi loop, 422 ft gain
- White Trail - Segment #1 + Red Trail + Yellow Trail — 3.2 mi loop, 380 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Green Trail — 15.2 mi