Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Bryson Gap Road & Bryson-Benton Connector
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,170 ft · 6 hr 57 min
Bryson Gap Road & Bryson-Benton Connector is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 3,170 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,457 – 3,376 ft · steepest grade: 20%16.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.66343, -84.12990
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Bryson Gap Road & Bryson-Benton Connector
16.1 mi · ▲ 3,170 ft · 6 hr 57 min
Elevation 2,456–3,375 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.66343, -84.12990
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Long Creek Falls, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 3.2 miSharp right onto Bryson-Benton Connector, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Bryson Gap Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miReach Bryson-Benton Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Bryson-Benton Connector, heading SW.
- 0.8 miSharp left onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 3.2 miContinue straight onto Long Creek Falls, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
10% dirt90% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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