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# Outdoor Adventure: 18 8 Benton MacKaye Trail Access Points 64

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c 60 5 Hwy 60, southern crossing 2 c 2 o a S 6 Skeenah Gap F R 60 iv Cohutta e 7 Wilscot Gap, Hwy 60, northern crossing r Wilderness 8 Dial Rd. 16 2 Shallowford Bridge 5 515 9 old 76 Fall Branch Falls Lake 10 FS 64 15 Morganton Blue 11 Weaver Creek Rd. FANNIN COUNTY Blue Ridge 12 Georgia Hwy 515 GILMER COUNTY

13 Ridge A Skeenah Gap Road

Boardtown Road s 13 14 k 12 a 14 Bushy Head Gap 11 R Rich oa 60 15 Dyer Gap Mtn d

Wilderness 8 FANNIN COUNTY FANNIN 16 Watson Gap 10 6 COUNTY UNION Boardtown Road 7 17 Trail (Dally Gap) 9 18 Thunder Rock Campground 52 Welcome Center 515 5 BMT Headquarters 4 Stanley Creek Road To a cco River Old Dial Road Getting to Aska Road: From Highway 515, S u Newport Road turn onto Windy Ridge Road, go one block to r r Doublehead Gap Road the 3 way stop intersection, then turn left o FS u and make a quick right onto Aska Road. n 58 d Ellijay e 3 F Three d S

B 4 Forks y 2 F o re st 2 s 52 1 GEORGIA Springer Mountain MAP AREA AT N BMT 10 MILES Get the free App! ©2016 TreasureMaps®.com All rights reserved www.blueridgemountains.com/App.html Fort Loudoun Lake Rockford Lenoir City Mentor E HUNT RD National Forest SU Pigeon Forge G D T AR R Watts Bar Lake en L Fort Loudoun Lake Alcoa P Watts Bar Lake n I Y e M 1 ig s B R 41 Outdoor Adventure: Benton se R Y e Friendsville W o 8 e D O H D a v e n p o rr tt G a p n R 5 G S i R L U ve From i Alnwick r 17 Dally Gap ve R Y r G Pittman Center W O 5 Maryville 1 # 9 2 3 H V D WY 2 L Walland H E E Y 9 US 2 2 T O 1 3 S A W Y MacKaye Trail Access Points T Loudon T W 8 S Y H Blue Ridge travel north H S W RD Y E U Y K T W H REE W C A K tle PD Philadelphia K P L it Rive E P T Townsend r I 40 T S Ten Mile O S L E A IC Greenback 11 IL T 4 on Hwy 5 for 3.9 miles to L Y H S L W T E H O T S O U F 22 Y 3 W rams I H b Cre 4 Hwy 2 and go west until E A e 0 Sweetwater AT k The hiking trails of Fannin County include some of the most N ST W 5 Tellico Lake Great Smoky Mountains National Park 7 I 6 Vonore 7 TE HWY 72 S E E 2 S STA T E N N E S Y the road turns into a 5 7 I W legendary in the USA. The Benton MacKaye (pronounced Tallassee k H k e e re S e I N A r R O L C U BA T H C A Jonatha n s C Niota LL N O R gravel Forest Service e PL s AY Maggie Valley mack-eye) and Appalachian Trails begin here and wind u k RD o e Madisonville re M C7 Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation h 1 a 0 t 1 ul 3 or Y aY ek Hazelwood nW S Soco Cre road to Watson Gap. N W tHa H oEs T OT A Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Cherokee throughout the county. Whether you are out for a day hike or S A C U ST T E i 0 t C 6 i hFontana Village 74 Whittier STATE HWY 3 ek H 3 c eo Bryson City HWY Balsam Athens 9 re W Y o a US C C h From the four-way e Y W r R Fontana Lake estue H e i Ch Englewood 6 E e v ek a longer multi-day hike, Blue Ridge has been designated as S k e S re 8 T r T C T A t T AT cot Addie A Mount Vernon S E Eastern Cherokee Indian ReservationT S T H u S W c E TA Y Lauada k Sylva intersection at Watson T 2 a H E 8 s H Santeetlah e the first Benton MacKaye Trail Trail Town, a perfect starting W W Alarka Dillsboro g 116 10 Y e Y Y 3 1 eW WY 65 Almond E H Ri 3 H Tellico Plains T v ATE Te TA Werebster 0 ST 5 ll S 1 ico R Robbinsville Gap turn right and uphill 3 iv Etowah Y Co er Cullowhee point for your hike and picking up gear and supplies. W na s Tu S H au Bald River Gorge Wilderness lu Village of Forest Hills TAT E g k l L E H T a E e a itt WY A C k E re C le T 16 T r ee S C re en S onto FS 22, then go 3.4 3 e n S E S d k e TA N bir sse TE N ow e H Gee Creek WildernessCherokee National Forest E S n R WY T A Topton iv 2 I N e 81 H L r iw R O miles to the trailhead at a ssee C A 19 The Benton MacKaye Trail (BMT) is a footpath of nearly 300 R H Y S i T ve R W T S Andrews H A r T O S 5 A N U 50 T T 1 E E Y W Franklin H Dally Gap. Benton H H Cu W Nantahala National Forest E llasa W AT S 6 ja Rive miles (480 km) through the of the TATE HW r Y T Y r S Y 1442 4 Apalachia Lake 1 e Marble 6 v 1 v3er i 1 Glenville ssee Ri 1 R 0 Farner Hiwa 4 y 7 lle Y 30 a U Y W S HW S V HW southeastern . It is designed for foot travel in the TE S U H Y TA T B 6 S A E 4 T 9 Cashiers E 1 T 7 A H Hiwassee Lake Y 130 N WY T Ocoee Lake W W TE H a STA n S 18 Thunder Rock Y H t S Murphy a tradition of the (AT). For detailed info Little Frog Mountain Wilderness 2 er h 9 U H v 4 iwassee Ri a la 6 Highlands Hayesville R Y 10 Ducktown B iv W Brasstown e E H This is a U r U r T Campground. S H a S A WY 6 s HW ST 4 s Y 6 consult the excellent Benton MacKaye Trail Association web t 4 o Scaly Mountain wn S C T r T E N N E S S E E S N O R T H C A R O L I N A e Southern Nantahala Wilderness A Culberson e S T k nice place to stop, park T T McCaysville A R A Sky Valley E U Ellicott Rock Wilderness site at www.bmta.org for maps, mileages and important info, T P T E E Southern Nantahala Wilderness Dillard Copperhill H S 325 H 0 WY H W H 6 TE W W Y STA Hiawassee G E O R G I A Y T W G E O R G I A Y o Y H and start a hike or set up 5 6 c 6 E 6 c T and the US Forest Service web site at www.fs.fed.us/conf/. o 0 A T a S Nottely Lake Mountain City R Young Harris r iv Mineral Bluff e er iv R shuttles for long hikes. US HWY 76 O RD ga LD HW 3 WOMAN too Buy and carry Trails Illustrated map #777. This guide is meant Y 76 Blairsville 2 WAR at h OLD US HWY 76 Morganton Y C W ClayTton he Benton N Blue Ridge Lake otte H S l Tiger T Y y S From Blue Ridge take E HW R A IDG i U BLUE R ve T only for general reference. Numbers below reference the map r Wilderness E MacKaye TrailH 3 Holly k W 8 Cr e e Benton MacKaye Trail National Forest 1 Y GA 5 north to Y Chattahoochee National Forest 2 W on the front for some of the more popular access points: 8 RD Appalachian Trail National Park H N E BU T RA Lakemont A Walhalla Cherry Log 6 KE T 35 S LA C Stream S McCaysville, then turn T City or Town Y A h S T W T a T o u A cco H E Tallulah Falls West Union a ver E g T Ri T H Ta Lake E A lRluoads a ST W lah H Y R R C W i o Y Helen 1 ve iv n left on Tennessee C 9 r e e 2 h 7 State Border r r at Tu o tah Turnerville g ss er oo al C iv Ellijay 5 c S o e R he T o re te 7 e A R e FROM THE START, SOUTH OF BLUE RIDGE: at R Y R T 0 2.5 5 iv 10 15 20 Westminster tecay i k oosaw East Ellijay ar ve iv E e C W r Miles S Highway 68. In Duck- C r e H H r W 85 Hollywood T STATE U 3 4 A HWY 382 S E Y Y 8 Ed Jenkins H T W T A 1 H 1 W 7 E E S Y T T This map is provYided for general reference only 5 S A This is the starting point of both the TA 12 T H 1 Springer Mountain. S W 23 T 9 5 HWY 1 Y S E and is not intended as a detailed map forUthe purposes of navigation. W 11 H town, take U.S. 64 west Carters Lake HW Y W E Y S Y Cleveland ©2005 The Benton MacKaye Trail Association. 5 W T H 2 H Habersham 1 5 H E ST A S T 1 E W A A T T Y T T S A T Y S E BMT and the Appalachian Trail. From Blue Ridge, take Aska T W A S p r i n g e r M t n . H S p r i n g e r M t n . 7 Demorest W STATE H E T WY 336 H 5 S to the Thunder Rock T Y H S r A D e S TE 1 Toccoa R W D S ST iv HW 3 S Y L TA A R TE TE ee Y 1 YE 1 O HW 9 Hestat 05 A 3 Y 1 HWY hW H Rd., 13.5 miles until it dead ends into Newport Road. Turn 6 36 TATE C Y 5 Eastanollee STATE HWY 136 S 2 Mount Airy Campground on the left. right on Newport Road, go 4.5 miles until it dead ends into green circle references detail map area on front Doublehead Gap. Turn right on Doublehead Gap and go 2 A Word to the Wise … Be prepared for wilderness and carry miles to FS road 42 (on the left). Turn left and go approxi- right on Hwy 60 South toward Dahlonega for 11.3 miles the 10 Essentials (wiki or Google it). Get info from mately 6.5 to 7 miles to parking area on your left at Big passing Skeenah Mill. Another .7 miles on the right is FS 816, www.bmta.org and the USFS web site at www.fs.fed.us/conf/. Stamp Gap. From the parking lot take the trail back across turn right and follow ROUGH gravel road about 3 miles to the Buy and carry a copy of the excellent Trails Illustrated map the road for a .9 mile hike to the summit. parking area. Short hike down to the Toccoa River, BMT & #777 for detailed terrain and trail info. The law of the forest is Parking lot - N 34°38.262' W084°11.712' Swinging Bridge. Parking lot - N 34°44.350' W084°10.213' “leave no trace”. See www.LNT.org for info. Please pack in all you will need and pack out all your trash. If you build a fire, 3 Three Forks. A junction of the Benton MacKaye Trail and 10 Fall Branch Falls. A double waterfall with mountain laurel never leave it unattended. Use good judgment when hiking, Appalachian Trail. Go 13.5 miles south on Aska Road to its and rhododendron growing along the trail and creek bank. particularly around waterfalls where rocks are often wet, moss end. Turn right onto Newport Road, go 4.5 miles to end. Turn The hike to the falls is about 30 minutes round trip. In Blue covered and slippery. If hiking during hunting season, wear a left onto Doublehead Gap Road, cross a concrete bridge and Ridge, follow Aska Road south for eight miles. Turn right on brightly colored vest. come to a dirt gravel road. Continue on this road .3 miles to Stanley Creek Rd. (Toccoa Riverside Restaurant is on the left). the intersection with dirt-gravel FS Road 58, intersecting The trailhead is about three miles on the right (.2 miles from sharply from the right. Turn right (east) into the forest and where pavement ends). Parking lot - N 34°47.017' drive 5.3 miles to Three Forks. Noontootla Creek is on the W084°18.166' Waterfall - N 34°47.198' W084°18.370' right as you drive. The trail begins on the north side of the road (on the left). N 34°39.815' W084°11.053' FROM WEST OF BLUE RIDGE: 15 & 16 Dyer Gap & Watson Gap. From Blue Ridge travel 4 Swinging Bridge. A 260-foot suspension bridge crosses north on Hwy 5 for 3.9 miles to Hwy 2, take a left and and go the Toccoa River on the Benton MacKaye Trail. From the west on Hwy 2 until the road turns into a gravel Forest Fannin County Chamber & Visitors intersection of Hwy 515 and Hwy 5 (McDonalds) in Blue Service road to Watson Gap. From the four-way intersection at Bureau is located at 152A Orvin Ridge, follow Hwy 515 East approximately 4 miles to the Watson Gap turn left and drive approximately 2.5 miles to Lance Drive, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 traffic light at Hwy 60. Turn right and go to the stop sign; then Dyer Gap. It is highly recommended to get the USFS map of 800-899-MTNS turn left on Hwy 60. Go 1.5 miles into Morganton, then turn the Cohutta Wilderness, and carry the 10 essentials. www.BlueRidgeMountains.com facebook.com/blueridgegeorgia