Head Hiawassee River - panoramio.jpg
Pete Seabolt · CC BY 3.0

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

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.8 miBear left onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.1 miReach Appalachian Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.1 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 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