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Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Springer Mountain–Rich Mountain, 5 sights

14.2 mi · ▲ 2,580 ft · 6 hr 1 min

Springer Mountain–Rich Mountain, 5 sights is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area near Marion, GA. The route passes Springer Mountain and Rich Mountain. It climbs 2,580 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 94/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,526 – 3,776 ft · steepest grade: 17%14.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail 34.60863, -84.21435
Nearest town Marion, GA
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Springer Mountain–Rich Mountain, 5 sights

14.2 mi · ▲ 2,580 ft · 6 hr 1 min

Elevation 2,525–3,776 ft

Out & Back · Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Appalachian Approach Trail · 34.60863, -84.21435

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Approach Trail, heading NE.
  2. 2.6 miPass Springer Mountain.
  3. 250 ftContinue straight onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  4. 1.7 miPass Rich Mountain.
  5. 450 ftBear right onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading N.
  6. 2 miSharp right onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
  7. 400 ftTurn right onto Noontoola Road, heading W.
  8. 0.8 miReach Springer Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left onto Appalachian and Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftSharp left onto Benton MacKaye Trail, heading NW.
  11. 2 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Appalachian Approach Trail, heading SE.
  13. 2.4 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/springer-mountain-rich-mountain-out-back-5-sights-23-km

Trail surface

6% dirt5% gravel89% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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