Benton MacKaye Trail & Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail is a 6-mile out-and-back near Stewart Mill, GA. It climbs 1,487 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,031 – 3,324 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Benton MacKaye Trail 34.78455, -84.30292
Nearest town Stewart Mill, GA
Directions
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Benton MacKaye Trail & Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail
6 mi · ▲ 1,487 ft · 2 hr 45 min
Elevation 2,031–3,322 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Benton MacKaye Trail · 34.78455, -84.30292
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Benton MacKaye Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miBear left onto Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
- 2.1 miReach Benton MacKaye Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
31% dirt69% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:59 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Benton MacKaye Trail & Stanley Gap 3 mi · ▲ 855 ft
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