Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 4 sights is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 1,277 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,487 – 3,471 ft · steepest grade: 35%5.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Rock Creek Road 34.68039, -84.13629
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 4 sights
5.2 mi · ▲ 1,277 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Elevation 2,485–3,472 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Rock Creek Road · 34.68039, -84.13629
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Rock Creek Road, heading E.
- 1 miBear right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hawk Mountain, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miReach Rock Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Rock Creek Lake Road, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Rock Creek Road, heading N.
- 1 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
42% gravel29% dirt29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
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