Blood Mountain Wilderness
cascades–Byron Herbert Reece Trail, 4 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 2,882 ft · 6 hr 32 min
cascades–Byron Herbert Reece Trail, 4 sights is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Hood, GA. The route reaches cascades at the turnaround, 7.6 miles in. It climbs 2,882 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 70/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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cascades–Byron Herbert Reece Trail, 4 sights
15.3 mi · ▲ 2,882 ft · 6 hr 32 min
Elevation 2,094–3,753 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
- 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.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto FS 34, heading S.
- 1.8 miReach cascades, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
- 1.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
- 1.8 miBear left onto Byron Herbert Reece Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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