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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Byron Herbert Reece Trail–Freeman Trail, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Byron Herbert Reece Trail–Freeman Trail, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Hood, GA. It climbs 1,873 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,936 – 3,753 ft · steepest grade: 17%9.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Byron Herbert Reece Memorial Trailhead 34.74167, -83.92273
Nearest town Hood, GA
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Byron Herbert Reece Trail–Freeman Trail, 3 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 1,873 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 2,938–3,753 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

  1. Start on Byron Herbert Reece Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.7 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
  3. 1.8 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftBear left onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miReach Byron Herbert Reece Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  9. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
  12. 1.7 miBear left onto Byron Herbert Reece Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.6 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/byron-herbert-reece-trail-freeman-trail-out-back-3-sights

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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