Appalachian Trail & Rocky Mountain Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. It climbs 1,473 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,936 – 3,711 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.80205, -83.74292
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA
Directions
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Appalachian Trail & Rocky Mountain Trail
3.8 mi · ▲ 1,473 ft · 2 hr
Elevation 2,936–3,710 ft
Out & Back · Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.80205, -83.74292
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miReach Appalachian Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Appalachian Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 829 ft
- Chattahoochee River Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Rocky Mountain Trail via Appalachian Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,558 ft
- Abandoned 44F 7 mi · ▲ 1,760 ft
- Chattahoochee River Road 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,987 ft
- Chatttahoochee Gap via Appalachian Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 2,081 ft
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