Milma Creek Sunset Point–Lake Conasauga, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,281 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Milma Creek Sunset Point–Lake Conasauga, 6 sights is an 11-mile out-and-back near Hasslers Mill, GA. The route passes Milma Creek Sunset Point, Beaver Pond and Lake Conasauga. It climbs 2,281 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 89/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,299 – 3,232 ft · steepest grade: 20%11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Windy Gap 34.83521, -84.69660
Nearest town Hasslers Mill, GA

Directions

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Milma Creek Sunset Point–Lake Conasauga, 6 sights

11 mi · ▲ 2,281 ft · 4 hr 48 min

Elevation 1,298–3,233 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Windy Gap · 34.83521, -84.69660

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Windy Gap, heading E.
  2. 1.4 miPass Milma Creek Sunset Point.
  3. 2.7 miBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miPass Beaver Pond.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Songbird, heading E.
  6. 0.5 miBear right onto Grassy Mountain Tower, heading NE.
  7. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Conasauga, heading S.
  8. 50 ftPass Lake Conasauga.
  9. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  11. 250 ftReach Milma Creek Sunset Point, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  13. 0.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
  14. 500 ftContinue straight onto Grassy Mountain Tower, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miBear left onto Songbird, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Windy Gap, heading SW.
  18. 3.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~5 min). Leave by 7:35 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM — 6 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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