Disc Golf Course, Mountain Campus, Berry College

September 6th, 2008  •  Posted by JP  •  1 Comment

Berry Disc Golf Course

This Disc Golf Course is an eighteen hole course located on the Mountain Campus at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. This course has been rated one of the best disc golf courses in the area.

This course provides changing terrains amidst beautiful scenery and wildlife.

Each hole on the course is marked by a concrete block embedded into the ground (usually marked with the hole number pointed on the block).

Hole 1 of the course begins at the bottom of a large open field near Winshape Center buildings. The first two holes follow along a steep creek bank (which may or may not be dry).


The course then continues up the side of the mountain through holes of varying difficulties and lengths.

If playing at the right time of day (primarily evening time), one is highly likely to see very large white tail deer walking through the course without any really fear of human presence.

Editor’s Notes of the course: Hole 13 provides a very interesting shot around an outdoor building.

After leaving Hole 14, you may look diligently for the tee to hole 15, only to see a Tee marked with a “6″ next to a manhole cover. This is in fact the tee to Hole 15. It used to be Tee “6″ when the course was only a 9 hole course. Tee 15 looks like this:

Directions: 1. Take US-27 to Berry College in Rome, Georgia.

2. Enter the main entrance and follow the roundabout to the second right.

3. Take the next right on a road that runs between two fields to a stop sign.

4. Turn left at the stop sign onto Stretch Road, and follow to Mountain Campus.

5. At the end of stretch road is the WinShape Center. The first tee for the course is on the far corner of the open field next to Winshape.

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Songbird Trail - Grassy Mountain, Georgia

August 28th, 2008  •  Posted by JP  •  No Comments

Difficulty Rating: Easy
This Trail is a great loop trail that circles along the Little Conasauga River area where beavers appear to have been undertaking some serious dam building.
Songbird Trail can be accessed from two points. One access is at its trail head along the service road. The other access to Songbird Trail is from the [...]

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Camping at Lake Conasauga, Georgia Campground

August 27th, 2008  •  Posted by JP  •  No Comments

Lake Conasauga campground provides beautiful camping sites around Lake Conasauga, the highest lake in Georgia. The campground is open from mid-April to October. The campground and the lake are located atop Grassy Mountain, in the Chattahoochee Forest. This campground and the trails around it provide beautiful views of the Cohutta Wilderness.

Campsites:
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Outdoors in the South

August 16th, 2008  •  Posted by JP  •  No Comments

Welcome to the first post of SouthernHiker.com. This site will be dedicated to all things outdoors in the Southern United States.
I hope this site will provide a place for hikers, campers, cyclists, and the like to talk about their favorite trails in the South, best camping locations, and discuss equipment that has been useful, [...]

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