Combine four different trail to make a figure-8 loop on these less traveled trail near Arabia Mountain near Atlanta. Hike the Cascade, Wilburn Farm, and Boomerang Trails and finally taking the paved PATH Trail back to the trailhead to explore a quiet creek and old barn on this easy loop.

Starting at the Evans Mill trailhead, take the paved PATH trail but immediately look for the orange blazed Cascade Trail on the right at the trail marker. You'll quickly come to Pole Bridge Creek, following it for a short distance. Plenty of large dry rock surfaces allow you to get out and explore the creek. The Cascade Trail crosses the PATH and continues now as the Wilburn Farm Trail, still blazed orange.

The first section of the Wilburn Farm Trail is the most difficult of these trails, quite rocky with a little incline, but by no means hard. When you come to the open field, there are several options to take. The first keeps you in the woods and heads around to the farmhouse, but I suggest staying straight, heading around the fields to the right. After the first field, stay left at the split even though there is a blaze to the right. Once you pass the barn the first trail split connects from the left, so now turn right to reconnect to the last split and continue from here. Or the easy directions are just stay right, but you'll miss the barn. See map below.

The Wilburn Farm Trail dead ends into the red-blazed Boomerang Trail. Turn right and you'll eventually come out back on the PATH trail. Turn right again to head back to the trailhead, crossing over where the Cascade and Wilburn Farm trails intersected to form a figure-8 loop. For a longer adventure, add the Laurel Creek Trail.

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