Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Hawk Mountain & Long Creek Road
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Hawk Mountain & Long Creek Road is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route reaches Hawk Mountain at the turnaround, 5.8 miles in. It climbs 1,725 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Hawk Mountain & Long Creek Road
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,725 ft · 4 hr 44 min
Elevation 2,691–3,559 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Noontoola Road · 34.63590, -84.15926
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Noontoola Road, heading NW.
- 1.9 miContinue straight onto Long Creek Road, heading N.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Hawk Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hawk Mountain, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Long Creek Road, heading W.
- 1.8 miContinue straight onto Noontoola Road, heading W.
- 1.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Noontoola Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 491 ft
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