Alec Mountain Road via Noontoola Road is a 12-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 1,215 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,070 – 2,612 ft · steepest grade: 19%12.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail 34.66350, -84.18410
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Alec Mountain Road via Noontoola Road
12 mi · ▲ 1,215 ft · 4 hr 36 min
Elevation 2,071–2,612 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail · 34.66350, -84.18410
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Noontoola Road, heading NW.
- 3.8 miSharp right onto Alec Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 2.2 miReach Alec Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miSharp left onto Three Forks Road, heading E.
- 3.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
36% dirt20% gravel44% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Noontoola Road 5.3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Noontoola Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 400 ft
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