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Ultras · US · GA

Southern States 200

200 Miler · 202.41 miles
Registration open
Race dateMarch 17-21, 2027
Duration5 days
Start12:00pm
Whenin 144 days

Who's going to Southern States 200?

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Distance
202.41 miles
Climb
27,933 ft
Descent The race
25,859 ft
High point
not checked yet
Time limit The race
100:00:00
Aid stations
18
Started
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Finished
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Finish rate
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The course

Where it goes point to point · 18 aid stations · rust marks a stop your crew can reach

No official GPX on file yet. These are the aid station coordinates, not the trail. Have the GPX? Send us the link.

A continuous 200-mile point-to-point run on the Pinhoti Trail, from Mill Creek near Dalton, Georgia, through the Chattahoochee and Talladega National Forests to Bald Rock Lodge atop Mount Cheaha, Alabama's highest point. It is not a stage race: runners have 100 hours. Aid stations serve made-to-order hot food around the clock, and five of them are heated sleep stations with pads and bags.

Aid stations run up to 14.6 miles apart in places. Much of the Pinhoti Trail is under canopy, so GPS is less accurate; the course is marked but runners must carry the GPX. Headphones are allowed on trails but must come out on road sections, road crossings and when approaching aid stations. Times on all charts are Eastern, including after the course crosses into Alabama.

The race

What this one is

A 200-mile point-to-point trail run on the Pinhoti Trail, from Mill Creek near Dalton, Georgia, to Bald Rock Lodge atop Mount Cheaha in Alabama, with 100 hours to finish. Heated aid station tents, made-to-order hot food around the clock and five heated sleep stations along the way.

Getting in

Getting in Entry, lottery and what the race asks of you before race day.

Lottery
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Lottery opens
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Lottery draw
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Field cap
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Registration
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Qualifying
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Minimum age
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Transfers
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Deferrals
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Crew access, pacers and drop bags

The rules that shape your day Anything marked "not checked yet" is a gap in what we hold, never a no from the race.

Crew allowed
Yes southernstates200.com
Vehicles per runner
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Pacers
Yes southernstates200.com
Muling
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Drop bags
Yes southernstates200.com
Cupless
Yes southernstates200.com
Course marking
Fully Marked southernstates200.com
Night running
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Dogs
Not allowed southernstates200.com
Headphones
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Crew rules
Crew may help only at crew-accessible aid stations, never elsewhere on the course. Crew may not arrive more than 30 minutes before their runner at stations with limited parking (Snake Creek Gap, High Point GA and Cave Spring are the exceptions). Crew cars must show a Southern States 200 Crew Car Pass on the dash with the runner's name and number. Crew may not take food or drink from aid stations, and young children and pets are not allowed inside aid station tents or pavilions. Vehicles over 24 feet may not enter any aid station. Runners caught in a crew car away from a crew-accessible aid station are disqualified. southernstates200.com
Pacer rules
Runners may have pacers from High Point, Georgia. Runners 65 or older may have a pacer for the entire race. Pacers start and stop only at crew-accessible aid stations, wear the runner's pacer bib, sign a release, check in and out with aid station staff, carry all mandatory gear except the SPOT tracker, and stay with their runner. Pacers registered for the Southern States 100 may start from Cave Spring. southernstates200.com
Drop bag rules
Drop bags may be left at the 12 drop bag aid stations. Maximum 12 x 16 x 24 inches. No ice chests, Styrofoam or large tubs; trash bags are discouraged. Each bag must show the runner's name, bib number and aid station. Bags are returned to Bald Rock Lodge after the aid stations close. southernstates200.com
Cutoff philosophy
The race calls its cutoffs very generous: a strong walker can finish within them without running a step. southernstates200.com
Aid stations

Every stop, and what you get there ● yes   ○ no   ? nobody has checked   – does not apply to this race

Mile Station Cutoff Crew access Bag Pacer Med To next
0.00 Mill Creek Start
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ● ● ? ? 16.20
16.20 Snake Creek Gap Trailhead
NoneSignal wrong?
 6:00pm ● ○ ? ? 9.71
25.91 John's Mountain Overlook
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ○ ● ? ? 13.91
39.82 Dry Creek Trailhead
NoneSignal wrong?
 5:30am ● ● ? ? 11.97
51.79 The Narrows Picnic Water Stop
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ○ ○ ? ? 7.62
59.41 Mack White Gap Trailhead
NoneSignal wrong?
 2:00pm ● ● ? ? 9.28
68.69 High Point Trailhead, GA
NoneSignal wrong?
 7:00pm ● ● ? ? 12.41
81.10 Huffaker Rd Trailhead
NoneSignal wrong?
 ? ○ ● ? ? 19.76
100.86 Cave Spring - Rolater Park
NoneSignal wrong?
 10:30am ● ● ? ? 8.41
109.27 Old Jackson Chapel Trailhead
NoneSignal wrong?
 3:00pm ● ○ ? ? 12.27
121.54 High Point Trailhead, Alabama
NoneSignal wrong?
 9:30pm ● ● ? ? 7.57
129.11 Low Point AS at CR94
NoneSignal wrong?
 1:30am ● ○ ? ? 13.35
142.46 Hilltop Trail (Blue) at CR 500
NoneSignal wrong?
 8:30am ● ● ? ? 14.51
156.97 Coleman Lake Campground
NoneSignal wrong?
 4:00pm ● ● ? ? 14.60
171.57 Highrock - FR 531
NoneSignal wrong?
 11:30pm ● ● ? ? 11.16
182.73 Fay's Blowdown @ I-20
NoneSignal wrong?
 6:00am ● ● ? ? 11.07
193.80 Lost Gulch
NoneSignal wrong?
 11:30am ○ ○ ? ? 8.61
202.41 Finish - Bald Rock Lodge
NoneSignal wrong?
 4:00pm ● ● ? ? ?
Driving your crew

Getting your people there 12 stops with directions the race published.

Snake Creek Gap Trailhead mile 16.20 cutoff 6:00pm

From the start at Mill Creek: 6.3 miles, 10 minutes. From Dalton: 10 miles. Coordinates 34.66441, -85.05954.

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Dry Creek Trailhead mile 39.82 cutoff 5:30am

From Snake Creek Gap: 12 miles, 19 minutes. From Rome, GA: 25 miles, 33 minutes. From Dalton or the start: 29 miles, 35 minutes.

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Mack White Gap Trailhead mile 59.41 cutoff 2:00pm

From Dry Creek: 14.6 miles, 22 minutes. From Rome, GA: 22.3 miles, 29 minutes.

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High Point Trailhead, GA mile 68.69 cutoff 7:00pm

From Mack White: 10.8 miles, 13 minutes. From Rome, GA: 33 miles, 40 minutes.

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Cave Spring - Rolater Park mile 100.86 cutoff 10:30am

From Huffaker: 13 miles, 15 minutes. From Cedartown, GA: 9.6 miles, 20 minutes. From Rome, GA: 15 miles, 17 minutes.

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Old Jackson Chapel Trailhead mile 109.27 cutoff 3:00pm

From Cave Spring Rolater Park: 6.4 miles, 13 minutes. From Cedartown: 10.5 miles, 21 minutes. Only 200-mile runner crews have access.

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High Point Trailhead, Alabama mile 121.54 cutoff 9:30pm

From Cedartown, GA: 16.9 miles, 22 minutes. From Jacksonville, AL: 23.0 miles, 27 minutes. Do not park on US 278.

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Low Point AS at CR94 mile 129.11 cutoff 1:30am

From High Point, Alabama: 7.5 miles, 14 minutes. From Piedmont or Jacksonville, AL: 8.9 miles, 13 minutes. Approach from the east off CR 70; CR 94 is a dead end and cannot be reached from the west.

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Hilltop Trail (Blue) at CR 500 mile 142.46 cutoff 8:30am

Approach only from Coleman Lake on CR 500; do not approach from the north (Piedmont side). From Coleman Lake: 3.2 miles, 10 minutes. From Low Point: 31.8 miles, 48 minutes. From Oxford: 34 miles, 48 minutes. From Heflin: 20.3 miles, 34 minutes. CR 540 is off limits to crew cars.

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Coleman Lake Campground mile 156.97 cutoff 4:00pm

From Bald Rock Lodge: 39.6 miles, 60 minutes. From Oxford, AL: 31.8 miles, 41 minutes. From Heflin, AL: 20.1 miles, 30 minutes. County Road 500 between Dugger Mountain Rd and Coleman Lake is closed to all crew cars.

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Highrock - FR 531 mile 171.57 cutoff 11:30pm

From Coleman Lake: 13.5 miles, 53 minutes, 11 miles of it on gravel roads. From Cheaha State Park: 22.8 miles, 37 minutes, 3 miles on gravel.

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Fay's Blowdown @ I-20 mile 182.73 cutoff 6:00am

From Heflin: 6.8 miles, 11 minutes. From Cheaha State Park Inn: 19.7 miles, 29 minutes. From Oxford, AL: 14 miles, 16 minutes.

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Ultras change. We will tell you when this one does.

Cutoffs move, races get postponed, lotteries open and close. We read the race's own sources and record where every fact came from. Put your email in and we will send you what changed, and where we read it.

No account, and nothing to cancel.

What happens to your email. Nothing else. I do not sell it, and I will not send you anything except this race changing. One click gets you out.

I keep this catalog because the information is scattered and hard to trust. Telling you when it moves is the same job.