Blood Mountain Wilderness
Dockery Lake via Appalachian Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 3,441 ft · 6 hr 57 min
Dockery Lake via Appalachian Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Suches, GA. The route reaches Dockery Lake at the turnaround, 7.8 miles in. It climbs 3,441 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Dockery Lake via Appalachian Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 3,441 ft · 6 hr 57 min
Elevation 2,015–3,432 ft
Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: abandoned road · 34.70670, -83.95498
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start on abandoned road, heading N.
- 1.7 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 2.7 miTurn left onto Dockery Lake, heading S.
- 3.2 miTurn left onto Lakeshore, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach Dockery Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Dockery Lake, heading SE.
- 3.2 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 2.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~96 min). Leave by 6:01 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from abandoned road Trailhead
- cascades & FS 34 3.6 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- abandoned road 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,010 ft
- Jarrard Gap Trail via abandoned road 5.4 mi · ▲ 1,357 ft
- Appalachian Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 1,723 ft
- Appalachian Trail 9.3 mi · ▲ 2,086 ft
- not maintained via Appalachian Trail 11.4 mi · ▲ 2,625 ft
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