Poplar Stomp Gap–Crain Field, 5 sights is a 7.6-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Town Creek, GA. The route reaches Poplar Stomp Gap at the turnaround, 3.8 miles in. It climbs 1,210 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,162 – 3,330 ft8.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Crain Field 34.79180, -83.78504
Nearest town Town Creek, GA
Directions
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Poplar Stomp Gap–Crain Field, 5 sights
7.6 mi · ▲ 1,210 ft · 3 hr 8 min
Elevation 2,161–3,330 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.
- 0.9 miBear right onto Wildlife Planting, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Poplar Stump Road, heading W.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach Poplar Stomp Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Poplar Stump Road, heading SW.
- 1.3 miBear left onto Wildlife Planting, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left onto Poplar Stump Road, heading S.
- 0.9 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.
- 0.1 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
82% gravel18% 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
More from Crain Field Trailhead
- Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 5 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 639 ft
- Low Gap–Poplar Stomp Gap, 5 sights 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,537 ft
- Chatttahoochee Gap–Crain Field, 6 sights 14.7 mi · ▲ 2,269 ft
- Horse Trough Falls–Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area Viewpoint, 8 sights 14.8 mi · ▲ 2,303 ft
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