Fall Branch Falls–Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Aska, GA. The route reaches Fall Branch Falls at the turnaround, 4.3 miles in. It climbs 2,397 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,896 – 3,183 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.79371, -84.28626
Nearest town Aska, GA
Directions
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Fall Branch Falls–Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights
8.5 mi · ▲ 2,397 ft · 4 hr 2 min
Elevation 1,895–3,184 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.79371, -84.28626
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 2.3 miBear left onto Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftReach Fall Branch Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miBear left onto Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.3 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
18% dirt82% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:59 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~108 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Stanley Gap / Benton MacKaye Trail & Stanley Gap 8.2 mi · ▲ 2,189 ft
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