Backpacker Magazine: Georgia: Backpacking and Camping Trips, Hikes, Adventures, Topo Maps, Aerial Photos.

Benton MacKaye Trail: Three Forks to GA 60, Section 2

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Wind through a remote forest of white pine and hemlock, passing cascading creeks and an idyllic fishing spot on this 11.6-mile section of the Benton MacKaye Trail.

Atlanta: Flat Creek Loop

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This lovely 5.4-mile loop shaded by oaks, pines, and birches leads to the rushing headwaters of Flat Creek in Chattahoochee National Forest.

Atlanta, GA: Blood Mountain

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One of Georgia's most famous dayhikes, this 5.5-mile, Chattahoochee National Forest loop runs along the Appalachian Trail and overlooks Blue Ridge peaks.

Atlanta, GA: Sawnee Mountain Preserve

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Only 20 miles north of Atlanta, Sawnee Mountain Preserve offers a maze of wooded trails that wander past abandoned gold mines to overlooks of Blue Ridge peaks.

Chattanooga, TN: Beech Bottoms Trail

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This 9-miler follows an old logging path through hemlock forest en route to Jacks River Falls, the crown jewel of the Cohutta Wilderness.

Chattanooga: West Rim Loop

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This easy 4-mile loop plunges you into a deep canyon to view high waterfalls, then skirts up the canyon rim, passing impressive overlooks in Cloudland Canyon State Park.

Atlanta, GA: Raven Cliff Falls

Waterfalls, lush forests, and magnificent creekside views make this 5-mile out-and-back through Cliff Falls Wilderness a superb dayhike in northern Georgia.

Calhoun, GA: Johns Mountain Loop

This scenic ride cruises through the Armuchee Ranger District of the Chattahoochee National Forest along gentle rolling hills.

Appalachian Trail: Unicoi Gap to Dicks Creek Gap

This leg runs through wild pig country, up Tray Mountain, and past the site of an old cheese factory.

Appalachian Trail: Amicalola Falls to Springer Mountain

This 8.8 mile hike climbs past Amicalola Falls to Springer Mountain-the southern terminus of the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail.

Atlanta, GA: Raven Cliff Falls

Waterfalls, lush forests, and magnificent creekside views make this 5-mile out-and-back through Cliff Falls Wilderness a superb dayhike in northern Georgia.

Warwoman Dell Nature Trail

Nice, easy hike. One view of a falls. Railroad history along the trail.

Natural Wonders: Freaky Bats, Dry Falls, Winter Witch Hazel

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Washington, Arkansas, and Georgia are host to these three life-list phenomena treks.

Free Maps! Our Contributors Favorite Local Hikes

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Online or via your cellphone these trips are ready to be downloaded and explored.

Rip & Go: Jacks River Trail - Cohutta Wilderness, GA

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Disappear into the largest–and probably the wettest–wilderness east of the Mississippi.

Trip Finder: Waterfall Hikes

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Nine ways to get your cascade fix from Tennessee to Montana.

Hikes and Trips in all 50 States

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Use our comprehensive state-specific pages to find hikes in your home state our a state you're planning on visiting.

Pack Man: The Appalachian Trail Guru

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Thirty miles up the trail from Springer Mountain, Winton Porter shelters and feeds thru-hikers–and works tirelessly to slash their pack weight.

Appalachian Trail Nature Photo Gallery

AT Shelter Photo Gallery

Panoramas of the Appalachian Trail

AT Culture Photo Gallery

AT Interview: Correspondent Jeff Chow

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Jeff Chow spent 10 months mapping every mile of the AT for BACKPACKER. Learn about his favorite spots and hard-earned tips here.

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