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Friday Jan. 18th -- McIntosh Reserve Park

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Directions

Park address and phone: 1046 W McIntosh Cir, Whitesburg, GA 30185, 770-830-5879

McIntosh Reserve Park is located 35 miles southwest of Atlanta along the Chattahoochee River and can be reached by U.S. Alternative 27 from Carrollton or Newnan and Georgia Highway 5 from Douglasville. Direct access to the park is provided by a county-maintained road that connects with Georgia Highway 5 at 2 miles west of Whitesburg.

Park Office and Entrance GPS: 33.452656, -84.954032

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Meet HQ

Meet HQ will be at picnic pavilion #2

Registration & Check in

Packet pick up will be available from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm at Meet HQ

Packet pick up will continue later from 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm at Host Hotel:
Home2 Suites by Hilton Atlanta Newnan, 4051 McIntosh Parkway, Newnan, GA 30263, 770-400-8830

Starts

Starts will be from 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm. Maximum Time is 2 hours. Courses close 5 pm

Maps

Map is at 1:10,000 scale with 2.5 meter contours, ISOM2017 standard

Embargo

Park is embargoed June 1, 2018

Courses

Course OUSA Classes Dist. km / Climb m
White F-10, F-12
M-10, M-12
M/F White, Grp White
2.4 km / 40 m
Yellow F-14, M-14
F Yellow, M Yellow, Grp Yellow
2.4 km / 55 m
Orange F-16, M-16
F Orange, M Orange
3.0 km / 60 m
Brown F-18
F55+, F60+, F65+
F70+, F75+, F80+
F85+, F90+
M65+, M70+, M75+
M80+, M85+, M90+
F Brown, M Brown
3.3 km / 80 m
Green F-20, F35+
F40+, F45+, F50+
M50+, M55+, M60+
F Green, M Green
3.9 km / 105 m
Red F-21+, M-20
M35+, M40+, M45+
M Red
4.4 km / 110 m
Blue M-21+ 4.9 km / 115 m

Restrooms

Restrooms are available in the parking area SE of Meet HQ
There are NO restrooms at the park office
There will be ONE portable toilet at the Start callup

Cell Phone Service

Cell phone service is very poor at McIntosh Reserve Park.
Verizon generally has coverage of the entire park, but data coverage can be sparse.
AT&T coverage is non-existant in most of the park.
Sprint and T-mobile coverage is spotty.

Parking

Parking passes must be purchased at the park office upon entering the park
Car parking costs $5. Parking fee is $30 for 15 passenger van

Warm up / Practice map

A warm up area will be provided near Meet HQ
A small practice area will be located near Meet HQ. Practice start and finish are at Meet HQ
Practice maps will be available at Meet HQ. Model course will be open 11 am-3 pm

Practice Map available here.

Clothing Return

No clothing return is provided because start is close to parking and Meet HQ

Walk to Start

Route will be signposted from Meet HQ
Walk is about 400 m from Meet HQ

Control Descriptions

Will be at the call up line

Course Notes

McIntosh Reserve is a 527-acre park that is adjacent to the Chattahoochee river and is the former plantation of Chief William McIntosh. The woods are relatively open although can be thick in a few areas so watching the map is a good idea. The park has less elevation changes than Chattahoochee Bend overall but the 2.5 meter contours do show a variety of reentrants throughout the park. Some complex gully and stream systems will make some legs and controls interesting. Most courses will have to cross a creek at some point which may get the feet wet. In addition, recent rains have caused the mapped intermittent marsh to be slightly wet as well. Picnic tables in the area of the race are unmapped.

Map Notes

McIntosh Reserve, bordering the north side of the Chattahoochee River, is mostly ridge and reentrant terrain, with a few large flat fields thrown in. The map uses symbols set forth in ISOM 2017. Scale for all Middle courses is 1:10,000, with 2.5m contours. North lines are spaced at 300m.

Rootstocks are mapped with the green X symbol. Rectangular concrete picnic tables are mapped with the black O symbol, but you are unlikely to see any on the Middle courses. Other picnic tables, which you will see on your courses, are too small to be mapped. Other man-made objects are mapped with the black X symbol. Large trees are mapped with the green O symbol, and medium sized trees with the green filled circle symbol.

A park maintenance area is mapped as an olive green "Area that shall not be entered". The maintenance area is largely surrounded by a poorly maintained barbed wire fence. The fence has flagging tape on it, but it can still be very difficult to see. Crossing this area is forbidden.

Be mindful of the park boundaries. The area outside the map is private property. There are numerous private property signs, but not enough that it's impossible to mistakenly cross the park boundary. Stay on the map!

You will get your shoes wet crossing some creeks. Marshes are crossable, but could be very wet depending on recent rainfall.

Reserve Punch Boxes

In the rare event that one or more electronic punch units fail, 3 Reserve Punch boxes are provided on the map. Use the pin punch to record your presence at the control

White Course Flagging

Two legs on the White course are flagged with White vetting tape