Grassy Mountain–Beaver Pond, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Grassy Mountain–Beaver Pond, 5 sights is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Hasslers Mill, GA. The route passes Beaver Pond before reaching Grassy Mountain at the turnaround, 2.2 miles in. It climbs 651 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,117 – 3,691 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Songbird 34.85580, -84.65798
Nearest town Hasslers Mill, GA

Directions

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Grassy Mountain–Beaver Pond, 5 sights

4.5 mi · ▲ 651 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 3,116–3,690 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Songbird · 34.85580, -84.65798

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

  1. Start on Songbird, heading E.
  2. 0.4 miPass Beaver Pond.
  3. 0.5 miSharp left onto Grassy Mountain Tower, heading NW.
  4. 1 miBear left onto Conasauga Lake Road, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miReach Grassy Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Songbird, heading E.
  9. 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

42% gravel58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:40 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 8:00 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:26 PM.

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