Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Mill Creek Road & Pheasant Branch

4.9 mi · ▲ 977 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Mill Creek Road & Pheasant Branch is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. It climbs 977 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,156 – 3,120 ft · steepest grade: 23%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mill Creek Road 34.86322, -83.70135
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA

Directions

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Mill Creek Road & Pheasant Branch

4.9 mi · ▲ 977 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 2,156–3,121 ft

Out & Back · Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Mill Creek Road · 34.86322, -83.70135

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

  1. Start on Mill Creek Road, heading SE.
  2. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Pheasant Branch, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miReach Mill Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Mill Creek Road, heading SE.
  5. 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

19% gravel81% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM

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