Forest Service Road & Lost Motorway
8.5 mi · ▲ 983 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Forest Service Road & Lost Motorway is an 8.5-mile out-and-back near Sycamore, AL. It climbs 983 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi640 – 938 ft · steepest grade: 16%8.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.25873, -86.18360
Nearest town Sycamore, AL
Directions
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Forest Service Road & Lost Motorway
8.5 mi · ▲ 983 ft · 3 hr 19 min
Elevation 641–939 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 33.25873, -86.18360
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 1 miBear left onto Lost Motorway, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Forest Service Road 604, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Forest Service Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miReach Lost Motorway, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Forest Service Road 604, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Lost Motorway, heading W.
- 1.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:46 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 6:23 PM for the 6:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:04 PM — 7 min before dark.
More from this trailhead
- Forest Service Road 612 & Lost Motorway 9.9 mi · ▲ 993 ft
- Forest Service Road 604F–Forest Service Road 612, 3 sights 8.7 mi · ▲ 1,020 ft
- Forest Service Road 604 & Lost Motorway 8.2 mi · ▲ 964 ft
- Lost Motorway 4.5 mi · ▲ 334 ft
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