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Forest Service Road 604–Forest Service Road 612, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Forest Service Road 604–Forest Service Road 612, 3 sights is a 6.8-mile out-and-back near Ledbetters, AL. It climbs 716 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi610 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Forest Service Road 604 33.26186, -86.15840
Nearest town Ledbetters, AL
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Forest Service Road 604–Forest Service Road 612, 3 sights

6.8 mi · ▲ 716 ft · 2 hr 37 min

Elevation 609–939 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Forest Service Road 604 · 33.26186, -86.15840

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM

  1. Start on Forest Service Road 604, heading NE.
  2. 1.9 miBear left, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Forest Service Road 612, heading NE.
  4. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Lost Motorway, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miReach Forest Service Road 604, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Forest Service Road 612, heading S.
  7. 1 miBear right onto Forest Service Road 604, heading SW.
  8. 1.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/forest-service-road-604-forest-service-road-612-out-back-3-sights

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:07 PM — 4 min before dark.

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