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Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Indian Grave Gap & Rocky Mountain Trail via Indian Grave Gap Road

4.2 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Indian Grave Gap & Rocky Mountain Trail via Indian Grave Gap Road is a 4.2-mile out-and-back in Swallow Creek Wildlife Management Area near Mountain Scene, GA. The route reaches Indian Grave Gap at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 297 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,877 – 3,169 ft4.5 mi

Getting there

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

4.2 mi · ▲ 297 ft · 1 hr 33 min

Elevation 2,878–3,171 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 miReach Indian Grave Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.6 miTurn left onto Rocky Mountain Trail, heading N.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Indian Grave Gap Road, heading NE.
  7. 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-out-back-d7f7

Trail surface

71% gravel29% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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