CAROLINA NORTH TENNESSEE ee o c R O i v er 68 # Outdoor Adventure: 18 8 Benton MacKaye Trail Access Points 64 Big Frog Copperhill 1 Springer Mountain (Terminus) TENNESSEE Mountain Big Stamp Gap 2 GEORGIA McCaysville GEORGIA 3 Three Forks 17 4 Toccoa River & Swinging Bridge T spur o 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 5 515 Shallowford Bridge 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 Jacks River 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 Cherokee 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 Citico Creek Wilderness 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 Appalachian mountains 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 United States. 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 Appalachian Trail (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 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 S T k nice place to stop, park T T McCaysville A R A Sky Valley E U Chatuge Lake 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 Cohutta Wilderness 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 Brasstown Wilderness 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 Mark Trail 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 Tray Mountain Wilderness 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 Rich Mountain Wilderness 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.