Rocky Mountain via Indian Grave Gap Road is a 6-mile out-and-back in Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. The route reaches Rocky Mountain at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 1,280 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 75/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,877 – 4,013 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Indian Grave Gap Road 34.81602, -83.72703
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA
Directions
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Rocky Mountain via Indian Grave Gap Road
6 mi · ▲ 1,280 ft · 2 hr 38 min
Elevation 2,878–4,013 ft
Out & Back · Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Indian Grave Gap Road · 34.81602, -83.72703
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Indian Grave Gap Road, heading E.
- 1.6 miSharp right onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto abandoned track, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftReach Rocky Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto abandoned track, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp left onto Indian Grave Gap Road, heading SE.
- 1.5 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
50% gravel1% dirt49% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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