Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail
1.8 mi · ▲ 694 ft · 57 min
Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail is a 1.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route reaches Hawk Mountain at the turnaround, 0.9 miles in. It climbs 694 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail
1.8 mi · ▲ 694 ft · 57 min
Elevation 2,858–3,559 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.66343, -84.12990
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Hawk Mountain, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach Hawk Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hawk Mountain, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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