AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Blood Mountain Wilderness

Jarrard Gap Trail via abandoned road

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,357 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Jarrard Gap Trail via abandoned road is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Suches, GA. It climbs 1,357 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,277 – 3,284 ft · steepest grade: 18%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: abandoned road 34.70670, -83.95498
Nearest town Suches, GA
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Jarrard Gap Trail via abandoned road

5.4 mi · ▲ 1,357 ft · 2 hr 29 min

Elevation 2,275–3,286 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: abandoned road · 34.70670, -83.95498

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on abandoned road, heading N.
  2. 1.7 miSharp left, heading S.
  3. 0.4 miBear left onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miReach Jarrard Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miBear right, heading E.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
  7. 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jarrard-gap-trail-out-back-9-km

Trail surface

55% dirt45% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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