Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 8 sights is a 14.8-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 before reaching Chatttahoochee Gap at the turnaround, 7.4 miles in. It climbs 2,303 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,162 – 3,589 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.4 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, 8 sights
14.8 mi · ▲ 2,303 ft · 6 hr 5 min
Elevation 2,161–3,589 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 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading NW.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Wildlife Planting, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Poplar Stump Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 3.5 miPass Chatttahoochee Gap.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Jacks Knob, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Chattahooche Gap, heading NE.
- 50 ftReach Horse Trough Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Jacks Knob, heading NE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.6 miSharp left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Wildlife Planting, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SE.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Crain Field, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Henson Gap, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crain Field, heading NW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
42% gravel58% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
More from this trailhead
- Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 5 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 639 ft
- 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
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