Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Long Creek Falls–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints

14.5 mi · ▲ 3,796 ft · 6 hr 44 min

Long Creek Falls–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints is a 14.5-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Gaddistown, GA. The route passes Appalachian Viewpoint, Appalachian Viewpoint and Long Creek Falls before reaching Long Creek Falls view at the turnaround, 7.2 miles in. It climbs 3,796 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,385 – 3,376 ft · steepest grade: 26%15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Gaddistown Road 34.66191, -84.08754
Nearest town Gaddistown, GA

Directions

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Long Creek Falls–Appalachian Viewpoint, 4 viewpoints

14.5 mi · ▲ 3,796 ft · 6 hr 44 min

Elevation 2,384–3,375 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Gaddistown Road · 34.66191, -84.08754

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Gaddistown Road, heading S.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  3. 1 miPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
  4. 2 miPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
  5. 1.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 1 miBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.9 miSharp right onto Long Creek Falls, heading N.
  8. 150 ftPass Long Creek Falls view.
  9. 300 ftReach Long Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 450 ftSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  12. 5.5 miTurn left onto Gaddistown Road, heading SE.
  13. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

11% gravel89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM