Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 3 sights is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. The route passes Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint before reaching Horse Trough Falls at the turnaround, 7.3 miles in. It climbs 2,797 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 71/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,188 – 3,963 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.80205, -83.74292
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA
Directions
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Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 3 sights
14.5 mi · ▲ 2,797 ft · 6 hr 14 min
Elevation 2,188–3,964 ft
Out & Back · Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.80205, -83.74292
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Abandoned 44F, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn right onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SW.
- 3.4 miBear right onto Crain Field, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Henson Gap, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint.
- 500 ftReach Horse Trough Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Henson Gap, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crain Field, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading E.
- 3.4 miTurn left onto Abandoned 44F, heading N.
- 2.4 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
51% gravel49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Appalachian Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 829 ft
- Chattahoochee River Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 478 ft
- Appalachian Trail & Rocky Mountain Trail 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,473 ft
- Rocky Mountain Trail via Appalachian Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,558 ft
- Abandoned 44F 7 mi · ▲ 1,760 ft
- Chattahoochee River Road 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,987 ft
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