Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail & Long Creek Road Loop
4.4 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail & Long Creek Road Loop is a 4.4-mile loop in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 577 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 98/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,530 – 3,084 ft · steepest grade: 15%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail 34.66350, -84.18410
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail & Long Creek Road Loop
4.4 mi · ▲ 577 ft · 1 hr 45 min
Elevation 2,529–3,083 ft
Loop · 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 SE.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Long Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.8 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miThe loop closes back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
48% gravel12% dirt40% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail Trailhead
- Long Creek Falls–Long Creek Falls view, 3 sights 1.8 mi · ▲ 231 ft
- Rich Mountain–Appalachian Trail Loop, 3 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 811 ft
- Noontoola Road 5.3 mi · ▲ 641 ft
- Noontoola Road 5.6 mi · ▲ 400 ft
- Noontoola Road 7.6 mi · ▲ 453 ft
- Hawk Mountain & Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Appalachian Trail 7.8 mi · ▲ 1,342 ft
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