SOTA Guide - Bald Knob - 8 points, W4C/WM-046

Duration: 0:35, 19 miles
Seasonal/Limited Access: Paved road all the way
Directions:
- L on BRP and go 15.7
- R on NC-215 ramp and go 400’
- R on NC-215 S and go 3.3
- R on Explorer Rd (no sign) and go 50’
- Gated FS road on immediate L

NOTE: If you are driving home late at night, the roads are twisty and slow; I recommend that you go up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and come home as if driving from Black Balsam Knob.
Duration: 3:00, 164 miles
Google Maps URL from Ashford Dunwoody Rd and I-285 at 33.917, -84.3378: https://goo.gl/maps/8rFJkXfNdjt
Seasonal/Limited Access: Paved road all the way
Directions:
- R on Explorer Rd and go 100’
- R on NC-215 South and go 13.8
- R on US-64 West and go 6.7
- L on US-64 West and go 2.7
- L on NC-281 South and go 8.7
- Bear R on SC-130 South and go 10.4
- R on SC-11 S and go 32.4
- I-85 South and go 83

Duration: 3:00, 165 miles
Google Maps URL from Atlanta (33.917, -84.3378): http://goo.gl/maps/2hddE
Seasonal/Limited Access: Paved road all the way
Directions:
- I-285 to I-85 N and go 83
- Exit 1 for SC-11 N. Turn L and go 32.6
- L on SC-130 N and go 10.4
- Straight on NC-281 and go 8.7
- R on US-64 E and go 9.4
- L on NC-215 N and go 13.8
- L on Explorer Rd
- Gated FS road on immediate L
Food
- Last McDonalds: Lavonia, GA (GA-17)
- Penultimate McDonalds: Commerce, GA (US-441)

Hang antenna from tree: There’s a clearing on the summit. You could hang an antenna from a tree off the side of the clearing, but things are pretty overgrown.
Space to guy mast: Yes
Cell coverage: No. APRS was good.
Unique features:
- There’s a somewhat-overgrown clearing at the summit.

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