Vickery Creek Easter Weekend Dayhike with our Sierra Club friends!

Our friends in the Sierra Club have invited us to join them for a 3-hour dayhike at lovely "Vickery Creek" on the Saturday of Easter Weekend.  This popular unit of the Chattahoochee River Nat'l Recreation Area (CRNRA) is conveniently located in Roswell, GA, just 10 miles north of Atlanta.  Along the trail we'll have spectacular views of the large rocky creek (a.k.a. "Big Creek") and its waterfalls, rapids and mill ruins - also beautiful wildflowers, trees and wildlife.

The Sierra Club's representative for the hike will be Bob Springfield, an experienced Sierra Club volunteer who knows these trails well.  I (Charlie) have hiked and "orienteered" often at Vickery Creek and enjoy its variety of trails and scenery.  I'll be leading the event for the Atlanta Outdoor Club but Bob will choose our specific route. Thanks to Bob for recently joining the AOC!

We'll gather at 9:00 AM in the convenient free parking lot behind "Roswell Mill," a historic area that was built in the 1800s to harness the creek's water power.  (See detailed Directions below, plus Lat/Lon and street address for GPS, etc.) The massive covered bridge pictured above crosses the creek just below this lot, allowing easy access to the CRNRA hiking trails.

We intend to take a leisurely to moderate pace and stop occasionally along the way to regroup and to observe and photograph the waterfalls, rapids and ruins along the creek;   We plan to hike a total of about 5 miles with perhaps 500 vertical feet of total uphill ascending during the 3-hour hike.

We look forward to Bob and his friends from the Georgia Chapter of the Sierra Club telling us about their other outings, environmental programs and opportunities for volunteerism.

DIRECTIONS to "ROSWELL MILL" PARKING LOT (VICKERY CREEK COVERED BRIDGE TRAILHEAD) from GA-400/ I-285 INTERCHANGE:
This free parking lot is just east of the junction of GA-9 and Marietta Hwy (GA-120) in the city of Roswell.  For a zoomable map and satellite view of our meetup spot click on the square blue & green "Event Location" icon at the top of this AOC article. Here's an easy route from north Atlanta:

1.  From the GA-400/ I-285 Interchange in north Atlanta take GA-400 north about 5 miles and get off at Northridge Road, Exit #6.
2.  Loop rightward over the GA-400 bridge to the traffic light at Dunwoody Place (just a few yards W of the bridge).
3.  Turn Right onto Dunwoody Place and go about 1.3 mile to its end at the busy traffic light at GA-9 (the northern extension of Sandy Springs' "Roswell Road").
4.  Turn Right onto GA-9 and go north 1.7 miles to the traffic light at Marietta Hwy/Mill St. (Note the "Roswell Mill" square steeple here on your right.)
5.  Turn Right onto Mill St and go just 0.1 mile to a 2nd Mill St sign.
6.  Turn Right to stay on Mill St, then bear leftward and continue down the hill about 0.1 mile to the dead-end in the free parking lot (overlooking the creek and covered bridge) where we'll gather for the hike.

GPS & GOOGLE.com/Maps USERS: You can enter as your destination either of the following:

Lon/Lat Coordinates: 
34.0138, -84.3590

Approx. Street Address:
1 Mill St, Roswell, GA 30075

Free event with Free parking!