Blood Mountain Wilderness
Byron Herbert Reece Trail & Freeman Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Byron Herbert Reece Trail & Freeman Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Hood, GA. It climbs 864 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 55/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi3,012 – 3,714 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead 34.74167, -83.92273
Nearest town Hood, GA
Directions
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Byron Herbert Reece Trail & Freeman Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 864 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 3,011–3,713 ft
Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead · 34.74167, -83.92273
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Byron Herbert Reece Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Byron Herbert Reece Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Byron Herbert Reece Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead Trailhead
- Appalachian Viewpoint–Neels Gap, 3 saddles 3.1 mi · ▲ 783 ft
- Blood Mountain–Appalachian Viewpoint, 3 summits 3.6 mi · ▲ 1,430 ft
- Byron Herbert Reece Trail–Freeman Trail, 3 sights 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft
- Lake Winfield Scott–Byron Herbert Reece Trail, 4 sights 11 mi · ▲ 1,950 ft
- Blood Mountain–Appalachian Viewpoint, 6 sights 11.1 mi · ▲ 3,562 ft
- Green Cliff Top–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 summits 12.2 mi · ▲ 3,041 ft
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