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Rocky Mountain & Appalachian Trail via Chattahoochee River Road is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area near Robertstown, GA. The route reaches Rocky Mountain at the turnaround, 8.1 miles in. It climbs 3,814 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 63/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,188 – 4,013 ft · steepest grade: 23%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Crain Field 34.78684, -83.78287
Nearest town Robertstown, GA

Directions

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Rocky Mountain & Appalachian Trail via Chattahoochee River Road

16.1 mi · ▲ 3,814 ft · 7 hr 16 min

Elevation 2,188–4,013 ft

Out & Back · Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Crain Field · 34.78684, -83.78287

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Crain Field, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading SE.
  3. 3.4 miTurn left onto Abandoned 44F, heading E.
  4. 2.4 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  5. 1.9 miBear left onto abandoned track, heading E.
  6. 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 150 ftReach Rocky Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto abandoned track, heading N.
  10. 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 1.1 miSharp left onto Abandoned 44F, heading NW.
  13. 2.4 miTurn right onto Chattahoochee River Road, heading S.
  14. 3.4 miBear right onto Crain Field, heading N.
  15. 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 surface

42% gravel58% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 7.9 mi in (~268 min). Leave by 3:09 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 11:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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