Long Branch Loop

Mountain Biking
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Long Branch Loop is part of a hiking-mountain bicycling trail system 17.0 miles in length that has been developed on National Forest lands near Deep Gap on the Aska Road in south central Fannin County, Georgia. Trails range in length from 1-5.5 miles and are open to the recreational public year-round. Trails ascend to nearly 3200 feet, providing vistas of mountain ridges, and descend to the shores of beautiful Lake Blue Ridge. They also pass through coves of mature hardwoods as well as traversing thickets of laurel and rhododendron. Long Branch Loop is one of those trails that crosses or travels along mountain streams and provides a range of forested settings for the visitor.

Directions:

  • From Blue Ridge, take Aska Road south for 5.9 miles to Shady Falls Road on your left
  • Turn left onto Shady Falls Road and go .2 miles, parking lot is on your left