GA Section 11 Pictures - Milemarker 0.0 - 4.5

Bly Gap - Plum Orchard Gap Shelter

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Hand drawn map showing hike from Shooting Creek, NC up the Bly Gap Trail to the Gnarled Tree... No blazes... Tree actually in NC....
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mm 0.0 Bly Gap and the seated squaw or Manigebeskwa trail tree - woman of the woods. GPS N34.9943 W83.5996
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mm 0.1 Georgia-North Carolina State Line. Bly Gap, the northern terminus of this section is actually in North Carolina. GPS N34.9933 W83.6000
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Rock outcrop with winter vista of Hightower Bald. GPS N34.9844 W83.5979
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mm 2.2 Campsite with spring, Wheeler Knob. GPS N34.9683 W83.5944
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mm 3.2 Blue Ridge Gap FS72, parking available, poor road. GPS N34.9586 W83.5963
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MM 3.2 parking area viewed looking SW along Charlies Creek Road for access to Blue Ridge Gap. Notice the bend in the road. Hike about .7 miles/600ft in elevation gain to reach the intersection of the AT at Blue Ridge Gap.
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mm 4.5 Plum Orchard Gap, side trail to shelter. It is 0.2 miles to the shelter. GPS N34.9459 W83.5913
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mm 4.5 Plum Orchard Gap Shelter. GPS N34.9460 W83.5883
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