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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Hawk Mountain & Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Appalachian Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,342 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Hawk Mountain & Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route reaches Hawk Mountain at the turnaround, 3.9 miles in. It climbs 1,342 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 97/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,530 – 3,560 ft · steepest grade: 21%8.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail 34.66350, -84.18410
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
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Hawk Mountain & Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail via Appalachian Trail

7.8 mi · ▲ 1,342 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Elevation 2,529–3,559 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail · 34.66350, -84.18410

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  3. 0.9 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 1.7 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading SW.
  6. 0.1 miReach Hawk Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left onto Hawk Mountain, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  9. 0.7 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 1 miBear left, heading SW.
  11. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.8 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/hawk-mountain-appalachian-and-benton-mackaye-trail-out-back-3-sights-13-km

Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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