Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Long Creek Falls–Long Creek Falls view, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,456 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Long Creek Falls–Long Creek Falls view, 4 sights is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route passes Long Creek Falls before reaching Long Creek Falls view at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 1,456 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 92/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Long Creek Falls–Long Creek Falls view, 4 sights
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,456 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Elevation 2,485–3,375 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Rock Creek Road · 34.68039, -84.13629
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Rock Creek Road, heading E.
- 1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Long Creek Falls, heading NW.
- 450 ftPass Long Creek Falls view.
- 50 ftReach Long Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading NE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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