USFS National Forest System Trails · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · Georgia · Updated June 2026
Bare Hare Trail (USFS trail 223B) is a 4 mi trail in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Georgia. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Bare Hare Trail?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, 99% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of A.
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About this trail
Bare Hare Trail (USFS trail 223B) is a 4 mi trail in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Georgia. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Advanced trail (grade band 12-20%); that reflects steep gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bare Hare Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bare Hare Trail in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bare Hare Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bare Hare Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Bare Hare Trail?
- Bare Hare Trail measures about 4 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bare Hare Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bare Hare Trail as native material.
- How difficult is Bare Hare Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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