You can go as many or as few miles as you like, but usual routes are 4-7 miles and there are runners of all paces.

Runners can park on Kirk Rd (directly across the street from the park gate) or in Mulkey parking lot (after 5pm only) located at 904 Kennesaw Ave or at Northwest Exterminating  (200 meters south from the park gate-830 Kennesaw Ave).

On the 1st Tuesday of the month GUTS orders pizza! So, bring a chair and your favorite beverage and enjoy some time with your fellow GUTS members

Approximately 10 miles with ability to add miles at 3 Forks and/or Springer

Start from BMT parking lot on FS42.

Dirs to start from ATL: 575 north to Ellijay; take 52E (towards Amicalola); turn Left on Big Creek Rd (just before Dollar Gen) which becomes Doublehead Gap Rd; go approx 12.5miles and turn right on FS42 (across from Mt Pleasant Cemetery); go approx 7.5 miles on dirt FS42. BMT is 2nd parking lot and is 1mile after the AT/Springer parking lot.

Run Route: Take BMT north to 3 Forks, go all the way to the falls (or venture further to the meadows for extra miles)

Return soutbound via AT. Once reaching AT parking lot on FS 42, either proceed up Springer mountain (~1mile to summit) and return to BMT parking lot via BMT (1.7miles) OR turn left on FS 42 and run to BMT parking lot via FS (~1mile).

Note - AT blazes are white rectangles and BMT are white diamonds