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Begins with two loops through the Dry Creek trail system, then runs point to point through John's Mountain, Keown Falls, Snake Creek Gap, Stover, and the Rock Garden to finish at the Dalton Convention Center. Shares its start line, most of its stations, and its finish with the return leg of the Jewel 100. Course page: terrain is "forgiving but honest".
Starts with 2 loops at Dry Creek (0-13.9 mi) before heading out point to point. Average race-day high/low temperature published as 83.3F/60.7F. The official Outdoor Active GPX for this course measures 45.93 mi versus the published 50 mi and 1,465 m (4,806 ft) of ascent versus the published ~7,400 ft; treated as the same mapped-route shortfall seen on the 100 mile course, not a separate error.
A trail race on the Pinhoti Trail through northwest Georgia, offering 100, 50, 35 and 18 mile distances that share one trail corridor and converge on a single finish in Dalton. Homepage: "The Georgia Jewel is a trail race built on care for the land, the miles, and the people who move through them."
Current race directors Franklin and Jenny Baker "took on" the race in 2016; the site does not state a founding year, and a runner's own 2018 race-recap video ("My Georgia Jewel 2018 Race Recap - First Ultra, First Ultra DNF") shows the race already existed by 2018. An old URL indexed by the Wayback Machine, georgiajewel.com/2019-utmb-qualifier, shows the race was a UTMB qualifier at least as of 2019; no current UTMB/ITRA status is published for 2026, so itra_points and utmb_running_stones is not recorded rather than assumed from that old page.
| Mile | Station | Cutoff | Crew access | Bag | Pacer | Med | To next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Dry Creek | 7:30am | ? | ? | ? | ? | 6.70 |
| 6.70 | Dry Creek | ? | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 7.20 |
| 13.90 | Dry Creek | 11:20am | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 7.50 |
| 21.40 | John's Mtn | ? | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 3.30 |
| 24.70 | Pocket Rd | ? | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 6.50 |
| 31.20 | Snake Creek | 4:00pm | ● | ● | ● | ? | 7.20 |
| 38.40 | Stover | ? | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 8.40 |
| 46.80 | Powerlines | 9:45pm | ○ | ○ | ? | ? | 3.20 |
| 50.00 | Dalton Convention Center | 11:00pm | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Handbook: "Dry Creek has ZERO cell service. The coordinates will take you to the entrance of the trail system but you'll need to follow the signs to the equestrian parking lot. Easiest thing to do is drive and stay left at every fork and follow the signs to the parking lot." A $5 parking fee applies at Dry Creek.
docs.google.comGoogle Maps directions (resolved from the handbook's short link): route from Dry Creek (34.578140, -85.130040) to Snake Creek Gap (34.664175, -85.059646). Handbook: "Directions for 50 Miler (and directions BACK to the finish for the 100's)".
docs.google.comGoogle Maps directions (resolved from the handbook's short link): route from Snake Creek Gap (34.664175, -85.059646) to Dalton Convention Center, Dug Gap Battle Road, Dalton, GA.
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