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Toonowee Mountain Loop
Trail
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Via Duncan Ridge Trail, Benton MacKaye Trail and FS
Road 816
Length: 7.0 miles (11.2K) Rating:
Moderate-Difficult
Use: Light
Hiking Time: About four hours and one-half hours round trip.
Restrictions: No motorized vehicles except on road segment.
Road 816 is closed to traffic January – March. Trail designed for day
hikers, not recommended for horses.
The
Toonowee Mountain Loop Trail accesses the 260 ft. suspension bridge
over the Toccoa River at Margret, GA. Views in autumn and winter from the
top to Toonowee Mountain of the Skeenah Creek valley and the Toccoa River
valley and the dispersed recreation area at Margret are highlights of this
trail.
Toonowee Mountain Loop Trail begins near Tooni
Gap on GA Highway 60 south of Morganton, GA. The trail leads south over
Toonowee Mountain and is blazed with 2X6” blue rectangles indicating the
Duncan Ridge Trail.
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A National Recreation Trail, and the white diamond
blaze of the Benton MacKaye Trail. Near the river the trail crosses a
dirt-gravel USFS road (816) that is used to complete the loop and return
hike to parking area.
The trail immediately begins
to ascend Toonowee Mountain. After reaching and crossing several peaks
during the first mile of ascent the trail then follows the ridge top for
about one mile. The trail descends for one mile to road crossing. Follow
the trail across road about 500 yards to river and suspension bridge.
Return to road and follow road and follow road on relatively level grade
and return to parking area.
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Directions from Blue Ridge, Georgia:
From the intersection of GA Highway 515 and GA
Highway 5 in Blue Ridge, follow GA Highway 515 east (toward Blairsville)
approximately 4.5 miles to traffic light and junction with GA Highway 60.
Turn right on GA Highway 60. Go south on GA Highway 60 14 miles. Parking
is off road or on USFS 816, which ends on GA Highway 60 at this point.
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