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Bull Mountain Trail–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights

15 mi · ▲ 2,893 ft · 6 hr 27 min

Bull Mountain Trail–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back near Marion, GA. It climbs 2,893 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 96/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,116 – 3,767 ft · steepest grade: 30%15.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail 34.60863, -84.21435
Nearest town Marion, GA
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Bull Mountain Trail–Saddle Back Trail, 3 sights

15 mi · ▲ 2,893 ft · 6 hr 27 min

Elevation 2,117–3,767 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail · 34.60863, -84.21435

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NE.
  2. 2.6 miSharp right onto Springer - Bear Hare Connector, heading SE.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right onto Saddle Back Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1 miContinue straight onto Bull Mountain Trail, heading E.
  5. 3.1 miReach Springer - Bear Hare Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 3.1 miContinue straight onto Saddle Back Trail, heading W.
  7. 1 miTurn left onto Springer - Bear Hare Connector, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miSharp left onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NW.
  9. 2.5 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/bull-mountain-trail-saddle-back-trail-out-back-3-sights-24-km-a1dc

Trail surface

54% dirt46% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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