USFS National Forest System Trails · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · Georgia · Updated June 2026
Bear Creek (USFS trail 136) is a 6.8 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 Bear Creek?
| 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
In Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Georgia, Bear Creek (USFS trail 136) covers 6.8 mi of National Forest System trail. Everything below comes straight from the US Forest Service National Forest System Trails dataset — length, surface, slope-derived difficulty, and the specific bike and e-bike designations on record — so you can check legality before you load up. USFS records list its surface as native material. USFS slope data puts it in the Advanced band (grade band 12-20%), meaning a steep climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Mountain bikes are allowed, open year-round in the data. 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. Because conditions, closures, and local orders change between data refreshes, confirm the current status with the managing ranger district before you ride.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Bear Creek?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Bear Creek in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Bear Creek?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Bear Creek in the USFS data.
- How long is Bear Creek?
- Bear Creek measures about 6.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Bear Creek?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Bear Creek as native material.
- How difficult is Bear Creek?
- 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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