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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Rich Mountain–Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,079 ft · 6 hr 6 min

Rich Mountain–Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route reaches Rich Mountain. It climbs 2,079 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,142 – 3,448 ft · steepest grade: 17%15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.63998, -84.19599
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
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Rich Mountain–Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,079 ft · 6 hr 6 min

Elevation 2,143–3,448 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.63998, -84.19599

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.6 miPass Rich Mountain.
  4. 2 miSharp right onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NE.
  5. 400 ftTurn left onto Noontoola Road, heading N.
  6. 2.8 miSharp right onto Lower Noontoola Road, heading W.
  7. 2.1 miReach Rich Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.1 miSharp left onto Noontoola Road, heading W.
  9. 2.8 miTurn right onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading S.
  10. 400 ftSharp left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading SW.
  11. 2.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rich-mountain-appalachian-and-benton-mackaye-trail-out-back-3-sights-25-km

Trail surface

15% gravel14% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

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