10 MILES N # Chattanooga 70 miles Outdoor Adventure: NORTH CAROLINA NORTH 8 Nantahala 68 GEORGIA Gorge Hiking the Appalachian MAP AREA 74 40 miles Asheville co and Benton MacKaye Trails O ee 110 miles R e r Murphy i v 16 Ocoee 64 Whitewater Center Big Frog 64 Wilderness Benton MacKaye Trail 69 175 Copperhill TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA Appalachian Trail GEORGIA GEORGIA McCaysville GEORGIA 75 1 Springer Mountain (Trail 15 Epworth spur T 76 o 60 Hiwassee Terminus for AT & BMT) 2 c 2 5 c 129 Cohutta o Wilderness S BR Scenic RRa 60 Young 2 Three Forks F R Harris 288 iv e 3 Long Creek Falls r Mineral 14 Bluff Woody Gap 2 4 Mercier Brasstown 5 Neels Gap, Walasi-Yi Orchards F Bald S 64 13 Lake Morganton Blairsville Center Blue 515 17 6 Tesnatee Gap, Richard Ridge old Blue 76 Russell Scenic Hwy. Ridge 129 A s 7 Unicoi Gap k a 60 R oa 180 8 Toccoa River & Swinging Benton TrailMacKaye d 7 12 10 Bridge 9 Vogel 9 Wilscot Gap, Hwy 60 11 Cooper Creek State Park Scenic Area Shallowford Bridge Rich Mtn. 75 10 Wilderness 11 Stanley Creek Rd. 515 8 180 5 Toccoa 6 12 Fall Branch Falls 52 River 348 BMT Trail Section Distances (miles) 13 Dyer Gap (6.0) Springer Mountain - Three Forks 19 Helen (1.1) Three Forks - Long Creek Falls 3 60 14 Watson Gap (8.8) Three Forks - Swinging Bridge FS 15 Jacks River Trail Ellijay (14.5) Swinging Bridge - Wilscot Gap 58 Suches (7.5) Wilscot Gap - Shallowford Bridge F S Three (Dally Gap) (33.0) Shallowford Bridge - Dyer Gap 4 Forks 4 75 (24.1) Dyer Gap - US 64 2 2 Appalachian Trail 129 alt 16 Thunder Rock Atlanta 19 Campground 75 miles AT Trail Section Distances (miles) Springer (6.9) Springer Mountain - Three Forks - 75 Mountain Long Creek Falls 52 1 (1.1) Three Forks - Long Creek Falls (15.3) Long Creek Falls - Woody Gap Cleveland Main Welcome Center (9.2) Woody Gap - Blood Mountain 255 (2.1) Blood Mountain - Neels Gap McCaysville Visitor (5.7) Neels Gap - Tesnatee Gap Center Amicalola (14.9) Tesnatee Gap - Unicoi Gap Falls 64 Highway Number Dahlonega 115 52 129 ©2020 TreasureMaps®.com All rights reserved Fort Loudoun Lake Rockford Lenoir City Mentor E HUNT RD Cherokee National Forest SU Pigeon Forge G D 12 Fall Branch Falls. A double waterfall 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 se R Friendsville WY eo 8 e D O H D a v e n p o rr tt G a p n R 5 R G US iv i L Alnwick er ve R Y r G Pittman Center Outdoor Adventure: Hiking the W O 5 Maryville 1 9 32 H V D WY 2 with mountain laurel and rhododendron L Walland H E E Y 9 S 2 2 U T O 1 3 S A W Y # T T Loudon W S Y H H S W RD Y E U Y K T W H REE W C A K tle PD Philadelphia K P L it Riv E e Appalachian and Benton P T Townsend r I 8 4 growing along the trail and creek bank. 0 T S Ten Mile O S L E A IC Greenback 11 IL T 4 L Y H S L W T E H O T S O U F 22 Y 3 W am I The hike to the falls is about 30 minutes r MacKaye Trails H b s C 4 E A ree 0 Sweetwater AT k 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 5 Y round trip. In Blue Ridge, follow Aska 7 I Tallassee W k H k e e re S e N A r O L I C U The hiking trails of Fannin County include some of the most BA H C A R Jo s T n n C Niota LL N O R atha e PL s AY Maggie Valley Road south for eight miles. Turn right on u R o ek Madisonville D re M C7 Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation h 1 a 0 rt 1 ul 3 o Y naY Soco Creek Hazelwood legendary in the USA. The Appalachian Trail and Benton N W ta W S H H oEs T S OAT A Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Cherokee T T C Stanley Creek Rd. (Toccoa Riverside U S 11 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 e Y W r R Fontana Lake stue H e i MacKaye Trail (pronounced mack-eye) begin here on Che Englewood 6 E e v k S e S ree 8 AT k r T C T T AT ott Addie A S E c Restaurant is on the left). The trailhead is Mount Vernon Eastern Cherokee Indian ReservationT S T H u S Citico Creek Wilderness W c E T Y k Sylva AT 2 Lauada a H E 8 s H Santeetlah e W W Dillsboro 6 10 Y Alarka ge 11 Springer Mountain. Whether you are out for a day hike or a Y 3 1 Y Y 6 Almond eW HW 5 E H Riv 3 ATE Tellico Plains T TAT Werebster 0 T 5 el S about three miles on the right (.2 miles S li 1 co R Robbinsville 3 iv Etowah Y Co er Cullowhee W na s Tu S H au Bald River Gorge Wilderness lu Village of Forest Hills longer multi-day hike, Blue Ridge is the perfect starting point TA E g l T k L E H T a E e a itt WY A C k E re C le T 16 T r ee S C ree en S from where pavement ends). Parking lot - 3 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 for your hike, picking up gear, supplies & advice. H L r iw O a A R 9 ssee C 1 N 34°47.017' W084°18.166' Waterfall - R Y S i T H 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 Benton H H Cu W Nantahala National Forest E llasa W AT ST 6 ja Rive T ATE HW r Y Y r S Y 1442 4 N 34°47.198' W084°18.370' 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 The Appalachian Trail (AT) begins at the top of Springer H TE S U 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 TA S Y H S n ta Benton MacKaye Trail 2 S Murphy Little Frog Mountain Wilderness 9 U H ver h Mountain and continues 2,200 miles all the way to Maine. iwassee Ri a 4 la 6 Highlands Hayesville R Y 10 Ducktown B iv W Brasstown e E H US H ra US r AT WY 6 s HW ST 4 s Y 64 t FROM WEST OF BLUE RIDGE: o Scaly Mountain The rugged terrain of the trail can be used for short hikes or Big Frog Wilderness wn S C Ellicott Rock Wilderness 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 T k S T T McCaysville A R A Sky Valley E U Chatuge Lake Ellicott Rock Wilderness T P T E E Southern Nantahala Wilderness Dillard H S 5 Copperhill 0 Y 32 The H W H 13 & 14 Dyer Gap & Watson Gap. W H 6 TE W W Y STA Hiawassee longer multi-day hikes with shuttles you setup near access Y G E O R G I A T W G E O R G I A Y o Y H 5 6 c 6 E 6 c T o 0 TA Cohutta Wilderness a S Nottely Lake Mountain City R Young Harris r iv Mineral Bluff e BMT traverses the Cohutta/Big Frog er iv points. The Benton MacKaye Trail (BMT) is a footpath of R US HWY 76 O RD ga LD H 3 MAN o W 2 WO tto Y 76 Blairsville WAR ha OLD US HWY 76 Morganton Brasstown Wilderness AppalachianY C Trail & W ClayTton he Benton N Blue Ridge Lake otte H S T Wilderness northward from here to the l Tiger Y y S E HW R A IDG i U nearly 300 miles through the Appalachian mountains of the R v T BLUE e r Mark Trail Wilderness Benton MacKaye TrailE MacKaye TrailH 3 Holly k W 8 Cr e e Benton MacKaye Trail National Forest 1 Y Y Ocoee Whitewater Center.