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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Hawk Mountain & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 2,950 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Hawk Mountain & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Sarah, GA. The route passes Appalachian Viewpoint and Appalachian Viewpoint before reaching Hawk Mountain at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 2,950 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,664 – 3,560 ft · steepest grade: 25%8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.65293, -84.08449
Nearest town Sarah, GA
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Hawk Mountain & Appalachian Viewpoint via Appalachian Trail

8.4 mi · ▲ 2,950 ft · 4 hr 17 min

Elevation 2,665–3,559 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.65293, -84.08449

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  2. 1 miPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
  3. 2 miPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
  4. 0.8 miBear left onto Hawk Mountain, heading NW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading S.
  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 NE.
  8. 0.3 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  9. 3.7 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-viewpoint-out-back-3-summits-9-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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