Sassafras Gap & Addis Gap via Appalachian Trail is a 13.6-mile out-and-back in Tray Mountain Wilderness near Mountain Scene, GA. The route passes Sassafras Gap and Addis Gap. It climbs 3,607 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 95/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi3,153 – 4,416 ft · steepest grade: 24%14.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 34.79899, -83.69040
Nearest town Mountain Scene, GA
Directions
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Sassafras Gap & Addis Gap via Appalachian Trail
13.6 mi · ▲ 3,607 ft · 6 hr 20 min
Elevation 3,152–4,416 ft
Out & Back · Tray Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 34.79899, -83.69040
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:12 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 5.7 miPass Sassafras Gap.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Camping, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miPass Addis Gap.
- 150 ftBear right onto Wildcat Road, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Sassafras Gap, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Camping, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 5.6 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
5% gravel95% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:12 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:56 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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