Here you will find a place for sharing informtion, history, experiences, and preservation methods in and around the Cohutta Wilderness Area in Northwest Georgia. The Cohutta Wilderness is an undisturbed outdoors meca, Backpacking, Trout Fishing, Mountian Biking, Kayaking and many other activities. You may also find random discussions regarding bluegrass, cold beer, and backpacking junk.
The Cohutta Wilderness
We love this place and I want to take my childern and grandchildren there so please please pratice Leave No Trace Principals! (see links if you don't know what they are)
This land was intensivly logged until the 1920's (70% or so). The area has recovered remakably well. Now all that remains are, old road beds, cables, and the ocassional railroad ties.
It became a wilderness area in 1975 @ 36,977 acres it is the largest NFW in the southeast. (The Cohutta Wilderness ajoins the Big Frog Wilderness (8,055 acres) across the state line in TN.
The Cohutta Wilderness in GA is part of the larger 95,265 acre CWMA.
Highest Points: Big Frog Mountian 4,224(TN) East Cowpen (4,200 ish) Major Rivers: The Conasauga River, and Jacks River. These 2 give you good reason to always carry sandals when in the Cohuttas.
The Benton MacKaye Trail is in and the Pinhoti Trail Borders the Wilderness
is the week of april 7th a good time to hike
ReplyDeleteIs there any good trout fishing in the Cohutta?
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