Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Rich Mountain & Appalachian Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Rich Mountain & Appalachian Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Three Forks, GA. The route reaches Rich Mountain. It climbs 966 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,562 – 3,399 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.63777, -84.19503
Nearest town Three Forks, GA
Directions
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Rich Mountain & Appalachian Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 966 ft · 2 hr 25 min
Elevation 2,561–3,399 ft
Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.63777, -84.19503
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.8 miPass Rich Mountain.
- 150 ftBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- Rich Mountain via Appalachian Trail 1.7 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Ball Mountain via Benton MacKaye Trail 3 mi · ▲ 663 ft
- Springer Mountain–Appalachian Approach Trail, 3 sights 3.7 mi · ▲ 1,445 ft
- Springer Mountain–Ball Mountain, 4 summits 4.9 mi · ▲ 891 ft
- Rich Mountain–Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, 3 sights 15.2 mi · ▲ 2,079 ft
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