Scull Shoals is about 12 miles South of Watkinsville on Georgia Hwy. 15. About 1/4 mile after you cross the Middle Oconee River, you make a left into the Oconee National Forest area. The trailhead is down by the boat launch. There is plenty of parking by the trailhead. Click here to see some photos from the departmental hike on September 5. 2003.