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