USFS National Forest System Trails · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · Georgia · Updated June 2026
Hurricane Creek-Y (USFS trail 3-Y) is a 1.7 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 Hurricane Creek-Y?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | Restricted | — |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | Restricted | — |
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
Hurricane Creek-Y (USFS trail 3-Y) runs 1.7 mi through Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests in Georgia. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. The tread is mapped as native material. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band 10-12%); that reflects moderate 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. Treat this as a planning reference rather than a live conditions report, and verify any time-sensitive closure or order with the ranger district that manages Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Hurricane Creek-Y?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Hurricane Creek-Y in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Hurricane Creek-Y?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Hurricane Creek-Y in the USFS data.
- How long is Hurricane Creek-Y?
- Hurricane Creek-Y measures about 1.7 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Hurricane Creek-Y?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Hurricane Creek-Y as native material.
- How difficult is Hurricane Creek-Y?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%), 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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