Low Gap–Poplar Stomp Gap, 5 sights is a 10.3-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Town Creek, GA. The route passes Poplar Stomp Gap before reaching Low Gap at the turnaround, 5.1 miles in. It climbs 1,537 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,162 – 3,366 ft10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crain Field 34.79180, -83.78504
Nearest town Town Creek, GA
Directions
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Low Gap–Poplar Stomp Gap, 5 sights
10.3 mi · ▲ 1,537 ft · 4 hr 12 min
Elevation 2,161–3,367 ft
Out & Back · Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Crain Field · 34.79180, -83.78504
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Crain Field, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Henson Gap, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Crain Field, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading NW.
- 2.1 miPass Poplar Stomp Gap.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miReach Low Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Poplar Stump Road, heading NE.
- 2.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Henson Gap, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Crain Field, heading N.
- 300 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
61% gravel39% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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