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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,784 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Sugar Hill, GA. It climbs 1,784 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 53/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,913 – 2,730 ft · steepest grade: 20%8.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail 34.76615, -84.16430
Nearest town Sugar Hill, GA
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Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,784 ft · 3 hr 30 min

Elevation 1,913–2,730 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail · 34.76615, -84.16430

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading E.
  2. 3.2 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Toccoa River Road, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  7. 3.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/benton-mackaye-duncan-ridge-trail-out-back-13-km-c549

Trail surface

28% dirt1% boardwalk71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 7:03 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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