Len Foote Viewpoint–Appalachian Approach Trail, 4 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Amicalola Falls State Park near Marion, GA. The route reaches Len Foote Viewpoint. It climbs 2,311 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,585 – 3,383 ft · steepest grade: 20%12.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail 34.60863, -84.21435
Nearest town Marion, GA
Directions
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Len Foote Viewpoint–Appalachian Approach Trail, 4 sights
11.8 mi · ▲ 2,311 ft · 5 hr 5 min
Elevation 2,585–3,384 ft
Out & Back · Amicalola Falls State Park
Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail · 34.60863, -84.21435
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Approach Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Len Foote Trail, heading S.
- 1 miBear left onto Cove Trail / Firebreak Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Len Foote Trail, heading SE.
- 3.6 miPass Len Foote Viewpoint.
- 500 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Len Foote Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Len Foote Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 3.7 miTurn left onto Cove Trail / Firebreak Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Len Foote Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 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
88% dirt12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~120 min). Leave by 5:38 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Approach Trail Trailhead
- Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint via Appalachian Approach Trail 3 mi · ▲ 633 ft
- Appalachian Approach Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 660 ft
- Amicalola Creek Road & Cove Trail / Firebreak Trail Loop via Appalachian Approach Trail 4.7 mi · ▲ 653 ft
- Little Lake & Old Bucktown Road 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,093 ft
- Nimblewill Branch East & Nimblewill Gap Road via Appalachian Approach Trail 7.2 mi · ▲ 1,114 ft
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