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Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Rocky Mountain Trail & WMA Road via Indian Grave Gap Road

6.9 mi · ▲ 874 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Rocky Mountain Trail & WMA Road via Indian Grave Gap Road is a 6.9-mile out-and-back in Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. It climbs 874 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,877 – 3,389 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Indian Grave Gap Road 34.81602, -83.72703
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA
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Rocky Mountain Trail & WMA Road via Indian Grave Gap Road

6.9 mi · ▲ 874 ft · 2 hr 44 min

Elevation 2,878–3,388 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

  1. Start on Indian Grave Gap Road, heading E.
  2. 1.6 miBear left onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right onto Indian Grave Gap Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left onto Grapevine Road, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miContinue straight onto WMA Road, heading NE.
  6. 1.1 miReach Rocky Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Grapevine Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Indian Grave Gap Road, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Indian Grave Gap Road, heading W.
  12. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/rocky-mountain-trail-abandoned-road-out-back

Trail surface

44% gravel17% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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