Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail–Long Creek Road, 3 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,317 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail–Long Creek Road, 3 sights is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 1,317 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail–Long Creek Road, 3 sights
10.8 mi · ▲ 1,317 ft · 4 hr 16 min
Elevation 2,529–3,262 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.63692, -84.16231
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 82°F / low 66° · precip 17% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Noontoola Road, heading NW.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Long Creek Falls, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Mill Creek Road, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Long Creek Road, heading NE.
- 4.1 miContinue straight onto Noontoola Road, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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- Noontoola Road 3.2 mi · ▲ 417 ft
- Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Noontoola Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 590 ft
- Noontoola Road 10.4 mi · ▲ 980 ft
- Noontoola Road 12.3 mi · ▲ 1,034 ft
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