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BENTON MACKAYE TRAIL

ADMINISTRATION:
 BMTA
PO Box 53271
Atlanta, GA 30355-1271
email: contact@bmta.org
http://www.bmta.org/
TOTAL DISTANCE:  273.4 Miles
TRAIL STATUS:  33% Built
SOUTHERN TRAILHEAD:  Springer Mountain, Georgia
NORTHERN TRAILHEAD:  GSMNP, North Carolina
BLAZES:  White Diamond
TYPICAL START DATES:  None
TYPICAL DIRECTION:  None
DIFFICULTY:  Moderate to Difficult
HIGHEST POINT:  4220 feet at Big Frog Mountain*
LOWEST POINT:  1120 feet at the Ocoee River*
STATES HIKED:  Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee

HIGHLIGHTS:  The Benton MacKaye Trail is named in honor of the man whose vision resulted in the creation of the Appalachian Trail in the early 1900's.  The B.M.T. currently runs for nearly 100 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to US Hwy 64 & 74 near the Ocoee River in Tennessee.  (Currently there are 90.9 miles of developed trail).  Trail organizers plan to extend the B.M.T. through the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee and eventually all the way to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina where it will rejoin the Appalachian Trail once again after 273.4 miles.

 

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(*  Indicates that data is for the currently completed 90.9 miles of the BMT.) 


 
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