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Blue Ridge, GA

Toccoa Swinging Bridge

1 logged hike since October 6, 2024

The Benton MacKaye Trail crosses the Toccoa River here on a suspension bridge of plank and cable, a quarter mile downhill from the parking lot. Most people come for the bridge rather than the trail, and that is fair enough: it is the reason the walk exists. The river runs over shoals on both sides of it, and the whole thing takes well under an hour unless you keep walking.

Official Trail Page

Doing This Hike

Before You Go

  • Parking. Free gravel lot at the end of FS 816, signed for the swinging bridge and also the Benton MacKaye trailhead. The forest road in is narrow dirt and potholed, so take it slowly.

By the Numbers

Across 1 Logged Hike

Oct 6, 2024First Logged
Oct 6, 2024Latest Logged
1.4 miDistance
152 ftElevation Gain
38mMoving Time
59°FSunrise Temp
0%Cloud Covermedian, clear; high cloud 0%
1.4 miTotal Distance152 ft climbed

From Here

Every Photograph

On the Ground

The Route

Route map of Toccoa Swinging Bridge

The most recent recorded track, starting from the usual trailhead.

The Record

Conditions History

DateSunriseCloudHighTempDistanceGainMoving
Oct 6, 2024 7:35 AM 0% 0% 59°F 1.4 mi 152 ft 38m