Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Hawk Mountain Road & Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 838 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Hawk Mountain Road & Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. It climbs 838 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,858 – 3,471 ft · steepest grade: 22%2.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.66343, -84.12990
Nearest town Three Forks, GA

Directions

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Hawk Mountain Road & Hawk Mountain via Appalachian Trail

2.8 mi · ▲ 838 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 2,858–3,472 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

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.5 miBear left onto Hawk Mountain, heading S.
  3. 0.3 miSharp left onto Hawk Mountain Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.6 miReach Hawk Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miSharp right onto Hawk Mountain, heading NE.
  6. 0.3 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.5 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

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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