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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Bryson Gap Road–Bryson-Benton Connector, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,747 ft · 5 hr 8 min

Bryson Gap Road–Bryson-Benton Connector, 5 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Swan, GA. It climbs 1,747 ft, with sections as steep as 29% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,913 – 3,166 ft · steepest grade: 29%12.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.73898, -84.17015
Nearest town Swan, GA
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Bryson Gap Road–Bryson-Benton Connector, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,747 ft · 5 hr 8 min

Elevation 1,913–3,168 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.73898, -84.17015

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left onto Toccoa River Road, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miBear left onto Seed Production Road, heading E.
  5. 0.7 miReach Seed Production Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Toccoa River Road, heading SW.
  7. 0.5 miContinue straight onto John Dick Creek Road, heading E.
  8. 450 ftSharp right onto John Dick Mountain Road, heading SE.
  9. 1.4 miTurn right onto Bryson Gap Road, heading S.
  10. 3.5 miTurn right onto Bryson-Benton Connector, heading E.
  11. 0.8 miBear right onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading W.
  12. 4.5 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftArrive 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/bryson-gap-road-out-back-2159

Trail surface

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 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. Car visible from the viewpoint

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