Chatttahoochee Gap–Crain Field, 6 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Town Creek, GA. The route reaches Chatttahoochee Gap at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 2,269 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,162 – 3,589 ft15.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crain Field 34.79180, -83.78504
Nearest town Town Creek, GA
Directions
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Chatttahoochee Gap–Crain Field, 6 sights
14.7 mi · ▲ 2,269 ft · 6 hr 2 min
Elevation 2,161–3,589 ft
Out & Back · Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Crain Field · 34.79180, -83.78504
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crain Field, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Henson Gap, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crain Field, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Wildlife Planting, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Poplar Stump Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miContinue straight onto Jacks Knob, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Chattahooche Gap, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Chatttahoochee Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jacks Knob, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.5 miSharp left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Wildlife Planting, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Henson Gap, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
42% gravel58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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