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Cohutta Mountain Loop - Rough Ridge, Jack's River, & Hickory Ridge
Jones Mill, Georgia, United States
20 miles
20 miles
The Cohutta Wilderness Area is located due north of Atlanta on the Tennessee border with more than 40,000 acres in Georgia and Tennessee. The Cohuttas comprise the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi. Within the Wilderness Area are 13 trails that total more than 87 miles of unusual remote hiking. This hike combines 4 trails into a 15.5 mile loop trail that descends along the Rough Ridge Trail, crosses Jack’s River, follows...
Cohutta Wilderness: Jack River Loop with spur to Falls
Blue Ridge, Georgia, United States
17.1 miles
17.1 miles
I liked the falls from my trip back in 2009 so much I went back again in 2011 using part of the Jacks River Trail. The previous trip was also a loop trail with a spur to the falls, but it was longer and much harder because you had to climb out of the river valley up onto the high ridges to the south. Check out the info on that trip: Cohutta...
Benton MacKaye Trail Section 10b (partial)
Jones Mill (historical), Georgia, United States
2.2 miles
2.2 miles
Benton MacKaye Section 10b in the Cohutta Wilderness. Dally Gap -> Jacks River Trail -> BMT Section 10b to the Spanish Oak Gap (aka the intersection with the Hemptop Trail) - Hemptop Trail -> Dally GapEasy loop trailPark at Dally Gap. GORGEOUS view between Watson Gap (the hairpin turn on FS 22) and Dally Gap.Turned on the GPS halfway through the trip. Sorry...
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