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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

  1. Start on Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NW.
  2. 1.8 miTurn right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading NW.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NW.
  4. 3.2 miSharp left onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Len Foote Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miBear left, heading E.
  7. 150 ftReach Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.6 miSharp right onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NE.
  10. 3.2 miBear right onto Nimblewill Branch East, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Nimblewill Gap Road, heading NE.
  12. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

76% gravel15% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

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