Benton MacKaye Trail Assn. - Section Mileages & Conditions

Benton MacKaye
Trail Assn.

Section Mileages & Conditions

"...leaving a footpath for generations to follow."

In the Chart Below:

Trail sections are listed from south to north,
Sections listed as "- Available -" under the Maintainer/Status column are in need of a section maintainer(s). Contact us if you're interested in adopting one of these. (Adoption of a partial section(s) is ok.)
Please help us keep the listed trail conditions up-to-date by reporting any trail hazards you encounter.
Because the unmeasured mileages will change, check back at this page for up-to-date references.
This is the 'official' section and numbering system for the BMT. The BMTA encourages all to use it (for consistent reference in emergency rescue, to minimize the potential for confusion, etc.)
For maps and map information, see the Hiker Resources (Suggested Maps) and Free Downloads pages.

Section Numbers, Mileages, Maintainers and Conditions
Georgia
Sec #	Description	Miles	Total	Maintainer / Status	Condition as of Date
1a	Springer Mt. – Big Stamp Gap	1.7	1.7	D. Blount		Excellent 05/14/06
1b	Big Stamp Gap – 2nd Cross Trails	2.2	3.9	Meadows. Oldfield, Simon, Tuten		Excellent 06/16/07
1c	2nd Cross Trails – Three Forks	2.1	6.0	David Maddox		Excellent 05/04/07
2a	Three Forks – No Name Gap	2.6	8.6	George Owen		Excellent 05/14/06
2b	No Name Gap – Bryson Gap	3.0	11.6	Korean Alpine Club of GA		Excellent 05/14/06
2c	Bryson Gap – Toccoa River	2.8	14.4	C. Norris, W. Clonts		Excellent 05/14/06
2d	Toccoa River – GA Hwy 60	3.6	18.0	Walt Cook		Excellent 05/14/06
3a	GA Hwy 60 – Wallalah-Licklog Saddle	2.2	20.2	T. Crouch		Excellent 05/14/06
3b	Wallalah-Licklog Gap – Licklog-Rhodes Gap	1.4	21.6	Seth Hegert		Fair 05/04/07
3c	Licklog-Rhodes Gap – Skeenah Gap	2.0	23.6	TJ and Heather Watson		Excellent 07/26/07
4a	Skeenah Gap – Payne Gap	2.1	25.7	T. Hill		Excellent 05/12/07
4b	Payne Gap – Wilscot Gap, GA Hwy 60	3.2	28.9	M. Dominy		Excellent 05/12/07
5a	Wilscot Gap – Ledford Gap	2.3	31.2	Dennis Bailey		Excellent 05/14/06
5b	Ledford Gap – Brawley Mt.	0.9	32.1	C. Norris, W. Clonts		Excellent 05/14/06
5c	Brawley Mt. – Dial Rd.	2.6	34.7	Larry Dumas		Excellent 05/14/06
5d	Dial Rd. – Shallowford Bridge	1.8	36.5	Kevin O'Quinn		Excellent 05/14/06
6a	Shallowford Br. – Falls Branch (at Rd)	3.4	39.9	Walt Cook		Excellent 05/14/06
6b	Falls Branch (Rd.) – Stanley Gap Trail	1.1	41.0	D. Kleiber		Excellent 05/14/06
6c	Stanley Gap Trail (old Rich Mt. Trail)	2.1	43.1	- Available -		Fair 07/23/07
6d	Stanley Gap Trail – Weaver Creek Rd.	2.9	46.0	R. Heller		Fair 05/04/07
7a	Weaver/Laurel Cr. Rd. – GA Hwy 515	2.6	48.6	Tom Keene		Excellent 05/14/06
7b	GA Hwy 515 – Shelter (Sisson’s)	1.6	50.2	L. Jump		Excellent 05/14/06
7c	Shelter (Sisson’s) – Boardtown Road	2.2	52.4	T.O. Mitchell		Excellent 05/14/06
7d	Boardtown Rd – Bushy Head Gap (rd)	2.1	54.5	Tom Keene		Excellent 05/14/06
8a	Bushy Head Gap – Hudson Gap	2.6	57.1	Shirley Banks		Excellent 05/14/06
8b	Hudson Gap – McKenny Gap	1.6	58.7	Shirley Banks		Excellent 07/26/07
8c	McKenny Gap – Hatley Gap	1.1	59.8	North GA Mt. Outfitters		Excellent 05/14/06
8d	Hatley Gap – Fowler Mt.	1.3	61.1	North GA Mt. Outfitters		Excellent 05/14/06
8e	Fowler Mt. – Halloway Gap	2.0	63.1	Tom Keene		Excellent 05/14/06
8f	Halloway – Double Hogpen Gap	1.3	64.4	Curt Voogt		Excellent 05/14/06
8g	Double Hogpen Gap – Flat Top Mt.	1.5	65.9	Dennis McClure		Excellent 05/14/06
8h	Flat Top Mt. – Dyer Gap	1.4	67.3	Bill Hamrick, John C. Smith		Fair 05/04/07
9a	Dyer Gap – Pinhoti Intersection (SFT)	2.2	69.5	Bill Hamrick		Fair 05/04/07
9b	Pinhoti Intersection – Watson Gap	2.3	71.8	D. Yoder		Excellent 05/14/06
10a	Watson Gap – Jacks River Trail	2.6	74.4	Larry Rice		Fair 05/04/07
10b	Jacks River Trail – Hemp Top Trail	1.5	75.9	Mike Christison		Fair 05/04/07
10c	Hemp Top Trail – Hemp Top	3.1	79.0	Jeri Flint		Fair 05/04/07
10d	Hemp Top – Double Spring Gap	1.3	80.3	Bill Ross		Excellent 05/14/06
Tennessee & North Carolina
Sec #	Description	Miles	Total	Maintainer / Status	Condition as of Date
11a	Double Spring Gap – Big Frog Mt.	1.3	81.6	Charlie and Deb Tucker		Excellent 05/14/06
11b	Big Frog Mt. – Fork Ridge Trail	1.9	83.5	Bill and Diana Ristom		Fair 07/24/07
11c	Fork Ridge Trail – Rough Creek Trail	1.8	85.3	Chuck Hall, Lamar Powell		Excellent 05/14/06
11d	Rough Creek Trail – USFS Road 221	2.8	88.1	James Anderson		Excellent 05/14/06
11e	USFS Rd 221 – US Hwy 64	3.4	91.5	Linda Davis		Excellent 05/14/06
12a	US 64 – Dry Pond Lead high point	4.0	95.5	- Available -		Good 05/14/06
12b	Dry Pond Lead – Kimsey Highway	2.7	98.2	Gary Smith		Excellent 05/14/06
12c	Kimsey Hwy – McFarland Rd, FS 23	2.4	100.6	Gary Smith		Excellent 05/14/06
12d	McFarland – White Oak Flats, FS 103	3.9	104.5	Bill Lundin		Excellent 05/14/06
12e	FS 103 – FS 173 – trestle	4.1	108.6	Harry Bolton		Excellent 05/14/06
13a	Trestle – John Muir Tr at Childers Crk	1.2	109.8	- Available -		Excellent 05/14/06
13b	Childers Creek – Big Bend	3.3	113.1	Cherokee Hiking Club		Excellent 05/14/06
13c	Big Bend – Appalachia Powerhouse	2.8	115.9	Bill Lundin		Excellent 05/14/06
14a	Appalachia Powerhouse – FS 228	4.0	119.9	Eric Lewis		Fair 04/28/07
14b	FS 228 – Unicoi Mt Trail (TN Hwy 68)	4.0	123.9	- Available -		Excellent 05/14/06
14c	TN Hwy 68 – Buck Bald Road	1.1	125.0	George Owen		Excellent 05/14/06
14d	Buck Bald Road – Unicoi Gap	3.6	128.6	George Owen		Excellent 05/14/06
15a	Unicoi Gap – Tate Gap	4.5	133.1	Steve Cartwright		Excellent 05/14/06
15b	Tate Gap – Sixmile Gap	1.8	134.9	Steve Cartwright		Excellent 05/14/06
15c	Sixmile Gap – Sandy Gap	2.1	137.0	Steve Cartwright		Excellent 05/14/06
16a	Sandy Gap – Round Top, State Line	3.5	140.5	Eric Eades		Excellent 05/14/06
16b	Round Top – Sledrunner Gap	2.8	143.3	Chris Webb		Bad 05/14/06
16c	Sledrunner Gap – Brookshire Creek xing	3.2	146.5	- Available -		Excellent 05/14/06
16d	Brookshire Cr. – Sugar Mountain Road	2.5	149.0	- Available -		Excellent 05/14/06
16e	Sugar Mt. Rd – Tellico River Rd (FS 210)	2.4	151.4	Betty J. Petty, _		Excellent 05/14/06
17a	Tellico River Rd. – Mangan Branch	2.9	154.3	Kent and Pam Mathews		Excellent 05/14/06
17b	Mangan Branch – FS 61B	3.2	157.5	Kent and Pam Mathews		Excellent 05/14/06
17c	Sycamore Creek Trailhd – Mud Gap	2.9	160.4	Tellico Ranger District		Excellent 05/14/06
17d	Mud Gap – Beech Gap, Nantahala NF	2.9	163.3	Mike Harwood		Excellent 05/14/06
18a	Beech Gap – Pine Ridge Trail Int.	7.9	171.2	Ken Jones		Excellent 05/14/06
-	(Big Stack Gap Branch Trail, 1.8 mi long)	0.0	0.0	by BMTA - Available -		Excellent 05/14/06
18b	Pine Ridge Trail Int. – Farr Gap	5.3	176.5	Doug McPherson		Excellent 05/31/07
19a	Stiffknee Tr, Farr Gap – Slickrock Creek	3.4	179.9	Doug McPherson		Excellent 05/14/06
19b	Slickrock Crk + Ike Br Trls – US Hwy 129	3.5	183.4	The Engman family		Excellent 05/14/06
19c	US Hwy 129, Tapoco trailhead – Deals Gap	5.0	188.4	Dick and Margaret Evans		Fair 05/10/07
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sec #	Description	Miles	Total	Maintainer / Status	Condition as of Date
20a	Deals Gap – TwentyMile Ranger Station	3.5	191.9	-		Excellent 05/14/06
20b	20-mile Ranger Sta – Sassafras Gap, AT	5.2	197.1	-		Excellent 05/14/06
20c	Sassafras Gap, AT – Eagle Creek Trail N.	3.6	200.7	-		Excellent 05/14/06
21a	Eagle Creek Trail – Campsite 86	3.8	204.5	-		Excellent 05/14/06
21b	Campsite 86 – Campsite 77	7.9	212.4	-		Excellent 05/14/06
21c	Campsite 77 – Campsite 98	7.2	219.6	-		Excellent 05/14/06
22a	Campsite 98 – Campsite 74	5.7	225.3	-		Excellent 05/14/06
22b	Campsite 74 – Noland Creek Trail Jct.	3.6	228.9	-		Excellent 05/14/06
22c	Noland Crk Tr Jct. – Noland Divide Tr Jct.	9.3	238.2	-		Excellent 05/14/06
23a	Noland Divide Tr Jct. – Deep Crk Tr, MST	3.3	241.5	-		Excellent 05/14/06
23b	Deep Crk Tr, MST – Campsite 52	7.5	249.0	-		Excellent 05/14/06
23c	Campsite 52 – Smokemont CG	5.5	254.5	-		Excellent 05/14/06
24a	Smokemont CG – Campsite 47	9.1	263.6	-		Excellent 05/14/06
24b	Campsite 47 – Straight Fork Rd.	5.2	268.8	-		Excellent 05/14/06
25a	Straight Fork Rd. – Laurel Gap Shelter	4.7	273.5	-		Excellent 05/14/06
25b	Laurel Gap Shelter – Davenport Gap	14.1	287.6	-		Excellent 05/14/06

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