Parking for Backpacking and Hiking

There is ample parking at all our trailheads to head out from for hiking and backpacking on the Pine Mountain Trail and connectors. If you look at the Pine Mountain Trail map, you will see in red named off road parking areas along GA 190 besides the FDR Park Office Parking area (Overlook, Buzzards Roost, Fox Den Cove, Mollyhugger Hill and Rocky Point) which are located at trail road crossings. Trail access and parking can also be found at Dowdell Knob Trailhead Parking Area and the BootTop Trail Parking Area at the road crossing of the BootTop Trail on Dowdell Knob Road, WJSP-TV Tower Parking Area and trailhead/picnic area (end of the trail at Mile 23 off Alt 85), FDR State Park Swimming Pool parking lot for the Pool Trail (on GA 354), and "No Name" Parking Lot for the Pine Mountain Trail and Mountain Creek Trail (off Lake Delano Road). "No Name" Parking Lot is gravel (the only non-paved parking area). To hike the Mountain Creek Trail, you can also park in the paved parking area in front of the FDR RV Campground Trading Post. Near the western end of the trail, parking is available just off the park/trail at the corner of US 27 & GA 190 at the Pine Mountain Trail/Man O' War Trailhead parking lot. This is the only free parking area to park at to hike/use the Pine Mountain Trail.

If you park at the GA DOT Pine Mountain Trail/Man O' War Parking Lot and wonder how far it is to the trail, and where the trail is....Look across from the parking lot and there is this sign.