Fall Branch Falls–Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back near Stewart Mill, GA. The route reaches Fall Branch Falls at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It climbs 694 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,149 – 2,615 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Stanley Gap 34.78111, -84.31185
Nearest town Stewart Mill, GA
Directions
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Fall Branch Falls–Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 694 ft · 1 hr 15 min
Elevation 2,150–2,615 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Stanley Gap · 34.78111, -84.31185
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:59 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Stanley Gap, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Fall Branch Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Stanley Gap, heading W.
- 0.6 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
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:59 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:31 PM for the 7:59 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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