USFS National Forest System Trails · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests · Georgia · Updated June 2026
South Fork (USFS trail 140) is a 2.8 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 South Fork?
| 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, South Fork (USFS trail 140) covers 2.8 mi of National Forest System trail. 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. USFS records list its surface as native material. Its grade-based difficulty is Advanced (grade band 12-20%) — a steep steepness profile derived from USFS slope data, not a technical mountain-bike 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. 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 South Fork?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on South Fork in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on South Fork?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on South Fork in the USFS data.
- How long is South Fork?
- South Fork measures about 2.8 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of South Fork?
- USFS data records the tread surface of South Fork as native material.
- How difficult is South Fork?
- 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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