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Long Creek Falls & Long Creek Falls view via Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Swan, GA. The route passes Long Creek Falls before reaching Long Creek Falls view at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 3,277 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,913 – 3,261 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.73898, -84.17015
Nearest town Swan, GA

Directions

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Long Creek Falls & Long Creek Falls view via Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail

15.5 mi · ▲ 3,277 ft · 6 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,913–3,262 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.73898, -84.17015

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftBear right onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading S.
  3. 7.7 miSharp right onto Long Creek Falls, heading SW.
  4. 150 ftPass Long Creek Falls view.
  5. 300 ftReach Long Creek Falls, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 450 ftSharp left onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading S.
  7. 7.7 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

3% dirt97% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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