Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 5 sights is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Town Creek, GA. The route passes Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint and Horse Trough Falls. It climbs 639 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,162 – 2,723 ft5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.79247, -83.78657
Nearest town Town Creek, GA
Directions
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Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 5 sights
4.6 mi · ▲ 639 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 2,161–2,723 ft
Out & Back · Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.79247, -83.78657
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint.
- 50 ftPass Horse Trough Falls.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Crain Field, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Henson Gap, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crain Field, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miBear right onto Chattahoochee River Camp, heading NW.
- 0.6 miReach Horse Trough Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading NW.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Henson Gap, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crain Field, heading NE.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
70% gravel30% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
More from this trailhead
- Poplar Stomp Gap–Crain Field, 5 sights 7.6 mi · ▲ 1,210 ft
- Low Gap–Poplar Stomp Gap, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,537 ft
- Chatttahoochee Gap–Crain Field, 6 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,269 ft
- Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 8 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,303 ft
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