Georgia · Rock climbing · Cleveland

Hanging Garden

13 routes
5.6 – 5.9
Trad · Sport
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
best months

Is Hanging Garden open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. It doesn't name Hanging Garden, so check the source for the area it covers (4 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.

Hanging Garden is a climbing area in the Chattooga River Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests in northern Georgia. It is managed by the Forest Service, and it sits among other climbing areas, with Mount Yonah, The Lowers and Main Face all about 0.1 mile away. The area has 13 routes, with grades ranging from 5.6 to 5.9 on the YDS scale. Nine are traditional routes and four are sport routes. Some of the named routes include Bacopa (5.6 trad), Floaty Thing (5.6 sport) and Rake and Ride (5.9 sport). For comfortable weather, late spring and early fall work well. Typical averages from a nearby weather station show May highs around 74°F and September highs around 76°F, with October cooling to about 68°F. That station sits roughly 1,000 feet below the climbing area, so temperatures up high run cooler. The closest trails are Tsalaki Trail, about 2.6 miles away, and Chunanee Falls Trail, about 2.7 miles away. Dukes Creek offers river fishing about 3.1 miles off, and A.t. Whitley Gap Shelter is a campground about 8.4 miles away.

Routes (13)