Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint & Nimblewill Gap Road is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Amicalola Falls State Park near Nimblewill, GA. The route reaches Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 6.4 miles in. It climbs 1,847 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,850 – 3,383 ft · steepest grade: 21%13.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Nimblewill Gap Road 34.57147, -84.17228
Nearest town Nimblewill, GA
Directions
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Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint & Nimblewill Gap Road
12.8 mi · ▲ 1,847 ft · 5 hr 11 min
Elevation 1,852–3,384 ft
Out & Back · Amicalola Falls State Park
Trailhead: Nimblewill Gap Road · 34.57147, -84.17228
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NW.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NW.
- 3.2 miSharp left onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Len Foote Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NE.
- 3.2 miBear right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NE.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
76% gravel15% dirt9% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
More from Nimblewill Gap Road Trailhead
- Nimblewill Branch D 3.1 mi · ▲ 167 ft
- Nimblewill Branch East & Nimblewill Gap Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 162 ft
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