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DIRECTIONS From Atlanta, take I-75 north to Exit 350. Travel west on Battlefield Parkway/GA 2 to Fort Oglethorpe. Turn left at the intersection of Battlefield Parkway and Lafayette Road. Travel 1 mile along Lafayette Road to the park entrance and visitor center on the left. From the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, travel south on Lafayette Road to the intersection with Viniard-Alexander Road. Turn left onto Viniard-Alexander Road and travel east 0.6 mile to the parking area on the right.

FACILITIES/TRAILHEAD There are no facilities at the trailhead. Restrooms and a gift shop are available at the Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor Center, which is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

From the parking area, enter the wide gravel path and travel southeast (Waypoint 1). After traveling a little more than 1,000 feet, turn right onto the Yellow Trail, a dirt-and-gravel path that goes south. As you approach Chickamauga Creek, the forest transitions from pines to hardwoods. This part of the park sees relatively few visitors; a group of six deer scampered away as I hiked here in summer.