I am current contacting by email several places to find out about staying overnight on the nights prior to hiking and the night we come off the trail. Some items to solve is where to keep the car and shuttles. Our plan (see below) calls for us to stay at two hostels over the six night we are out. That way we can re-supply and lessen food weight during the hike.
Using various sources our plan looks as below (Comments appreciated)
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Day
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Mileage
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Total Mileage
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Location – Overnight
Resupply
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Information
(Water)
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1
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8.1
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8.1
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Hawk Mountain Shelter
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Shelter, sleeps 12, privy, picnic table, water
(stream 300 yards behind the shelter), bear hoist cables. Next water six
miles.
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2
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7.1
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15.8
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Gooch Mountain Shelter
-or-
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Shelter, sleeps 14. Privy (moldering), bear cables, covered picnic
table, shelves, good covered "front yard patio. Water
(100 yards behind shelter)
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2
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1.5 (9.2)
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17.3
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Gooch Gap
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Camping, water
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3
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3.8
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21.1
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Woody Gap
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Shelter, picnic table and privy – water (A
spring is on a poorly marked side trail west of the A.T)
Suches, GA is 2 miles if needed)
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3
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10.6 (14.4)
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31.7
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Neel Gap - Resupply
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Hostel – Mountain
Crossing http://www.mountaincrossings.com
(first come, first serve – bunk, shower, towel, laundry, $15pp per night) Resupply food
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4
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11.5
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43.2
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Low Gap Shelter
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SHELTER, CAMPING, WATER- Sleeps 7. No privy. Right via side trail
into cove. Food-hoist cables available. Water source is crossed at the
shelter; a second source can be found 30 yards in front of the shelter. The
water for this shelter should be treated. There are a lot of good spots nearby
for tenting.
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5
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5.0
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48.2
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Chattahoochee Gap
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Water - A blue-blazed side trail
leads east to Chattahoochee Spring, source of the Chattahoochee River that
supplies drinking water to Atlanta.
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5
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10.4 (15.4)
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58.6
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Tray Mountain Shelter
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Shelter- —Sleeps 7. Privy. Food- hoist cables. Excellent overnight
spot for taking in the sunset and sunrise from the summit or from viewpoints
along the 0.2-mile trail to the shelter. Water source is a spring located 260
yards behind the shelter. The side trail to the shelter has some of the most
scenic campsites on the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail. An amazing
amount of wind that can funnel directly into the shelter
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6
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4.7
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63.3
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Sassafras Gap
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Camping, water
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6
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6.3 (11.0)
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69.6
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Dicks Creek Gap (Hiawassee, GA)
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Call for reservations 706-982-3252
Resupply, free shuttle to town, bunks,
laundry and food.
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7
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8.9
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78.5
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Georgia/North Carolina Border
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7
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2.9
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81.4
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Muskrat Creek Shelter
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SHELTER, WATER- Muskrat Creek
Shelter (rebuilt 1995)—Sleeps 8. Privy. It has a picnic table under the roof
overhang. Muskrat Creek and water is available from the spring next to the
shelter. There are Several decent tent spots in the woods around the shelter.
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7
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4 (15.8)
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85.4
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Deep Gap
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USFS Road 71 PICK UP
Reached via highway US64 and Forest Service 71. From Franklin, NC, go
West on US64 13.6 miles (from overpass where US23 turns South toward Atlanta)
to FS71. Turn is just past top of hill with 'Clay County' sign. From West,
follow US64 East past Hayesville, NC, make long climb up mountain, and near
top of second climb, watch for sign for FS71 on right. FS71 is a 6-mile
single-lane gravel road, normally quite passable for autos. Note that this
road is closed during the Winter -- usually between Jan. 1st and March 15th.
Follow FS71 to parking area at end; the AT crosses through this parking area.
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