Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 3 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 1,432 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,697 – 3,471 ft · steepest grade: 18%9.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hawk Mountain Road 34.65242, -84.13822
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Hawk Mountain Road–Hawk Mountain, 3 sights
8.9 mi · ▲ 1,432 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Elevation 2,696–3,472 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Hawk Mountain Road · 34.65242, -84.13822
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start on Hawk Mountain Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 1 miBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Long Creek Road, heading NW.
- 1.8 miReach Hawk Mountain Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading SW.
- 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
39% gravel16% dirt45% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
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