Benton MacKaye Trail & Stanley Gap is a 3-mile out-and-back near Stewart Mill, GA. It climbs 855 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,031 – 2,615 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.1 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
3 mi · ▲ 855 ft · 1 hr 26 min
Elevation 2,031–2,615 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 miTurn left onto Stanley Gap, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Benton MacKaye Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NE.
- 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
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:59 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:51 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:48 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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