Mike and I have rented a car, Hertz economy size, to pickup in Rockville, MD today, Thursday, April 23. We will drive down to Gainesville, GA, leaving tomorrow morning around 5am in order to get there (10 hour drive) before 6pm so we don't have to pay for an extra rental day. Hertz will drop us off, free of charge, 2 miles away at at River Forks Park campground. We'll pay $15 for a site, pitch tent, play banjo and recite lines from the RYME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER, go to sleep, and then wake up bright and early to be picked up by UNITAXI, which offers services to the Springer Mtn. trailhead for $65. We hope to be on the trailhead before noon on April 25th.
Tent set up in River Forks Campground
Distance from Rockville to Gainesville: about 10 hours
Distance from Gainesville to Springer Mountain: about 1 hour
There are many other ways to get to the trailhead, including flying to Atlanta, spending the night and then taking a bus to Gainesville and then a UNITAXI to the trailhead. Or, we could drive to Dahlonega, GA, stay at a hiker hostel and get a taxi to the trailhead from there. Our way, as far as we could figure, was the cheapest and easiest.
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