Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Ball Mountain–Rich Mountain, 6 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,493 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Ball Mountain–Rich Mountain, 6 sights is a 12.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route passes Rich Mountain and Ball Mountain. It climbs 3,493 ft, with sections as steep as 33% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Ball Mountain–Rich Mountain, 6 sights
12.6 mi · ▲ 3,493 ft · 5 hr 57 min
Elevation 1,856–3,737 ft
Out & Back · 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 Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftSharp left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading E.
- 2 miPass Rich Mountain.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miSharp left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miPass Ball Mountain.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Ball Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1.9 miReach Ball Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miTurn left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading N.
- 2 miSharp right onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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