Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint via Appalachian Approach Trail is a 3-mile out-and-back in Amicalola Falls State Park near Marion, GA. The route reaches Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It climbs 633 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,025 – 3,383 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail 34.60863, -84.21435
Nearest town Marion, GA
Directions
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Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint via Appalachian Approach Trail
3 mi · ▲ 633 ft · 1 hr 19 min
Elevation 3,024–3,384 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.
- 0.9 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Cove Trail / Firebreak Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 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
61% dirt39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Approach Trail Trailhead
- 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
- Frosty Mountain–Len Foote Viewpoint, 4 sights 10 mi · ▲ 2,163 ft
- Nimblewill Branch D & Nimblewill Gap Road 10.5 mi · ▲ 1,309 ft
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