Dark Sky Observing at Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area

To get to the wildlife management area from, say, Hampton, come South on U. S. 19/41 and stay on the 4-lane past the Hardee’s/ McDonald’s stoplight at Ga. 92.  Continue past the Griffin exit, and past the Newnan-Griffin exit at Ga. 16.  Get off the 4-lane at the Ga. 362/Williamson Rd. exit, bear right (west) and set your odometer at 0.0.

     Go 15.8 mi. on Hwy. 362W, and turn left at Mt. Carmel Road.  (There’s a sign announcing the intersection just before you get to it.)

     Go 4.8 mi. on Mt. Carmel Rd., and you’ll see a large “Joe Kurz Wildlife Management Area” sign on your right, just beyond a gray mailbox. 

     Continue past the mailbox and sign for 0.2 mi. on Mt. Carmel Rd., and turn right at the first – unpaved – road.  (We’ll have a couple of orange day-glo traffic cones to mark the road where you turn.)  Turn right, follow that road for exactly one mi., and you’ll come to the top of a small hill.  When you reach the top, you’ll see a line of orange cones marking Site #3 where we set up.  If you arrive after dark, look for someone’s red-beam flashlight glow to guide you to the area where we’re set up.

GPS Coordinates: 33.118034 -84.551187    Elevation 800'