Jacks Knob Trail is a

hiking A hike is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century. Long hikes as part of a religious pilgrimage have existed for a much longer time. "Hi ...

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that has been designated as a

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, US. The trail is long and is located in the

Chattahoochee National Forest The Chattahoochee River () is a river in the Southeastern United States. It forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a rela ...

in the Brasstown Ranger District. The trail is managed by the

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. The trail starts at

Brasstown Bald Brasstown Bald is the highest point in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in the northeastern part of the state in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border between Towns and Union counties south of the city of Hiawassee. The mountain is kn ...

and heads in a southernly direction along the boundary between Union and

Towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

counties. After and a descent of nearly , it reaches Jacks Gap and crosses

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. Shortly after reaching Jacks Gap, Jacks Knob Trail enters the

Mark Trail Wilderness The Mark Trail Wilderness was designated in 1991 and currently consists of . It is named in honor of Mark Trail, a daily newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd. The Wilderness is located within the borders of the Chatta ...

. The trails ends at an intersection with the

Appalachian Trail The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states.Gailey, Chris (2006)"Appalachian Tra ...

below the peak of

Jacks Knob Jacks Knob is a mountain located on the border of Towns County and Union County, Georgia, with a peak elevation of 3,813 feet. The Appalachian Trail crosses the southern flank of the mountain and Jacks Knob Trail ends here at an intersection ...

at an elevation of about .

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External links

Jacks Knob entry in the National Recreational Trail DatabaseTopoQuest Map showing intersection of the Jacks Knob and Appalachian TrailsJacks Knob Trail description with Google map to location
Hiking trails in Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas of Towns County, Georgia Protected areas of Union County, Georgia National Recreation Trails in Georgia (U.S. state) {{US-trail-stub