Pinhoti itinerary
Every mile marker on the Pinhoti route, in order, with the distance and elevation change between each one, and which permit each stretch needs. To set alerts for your dates, go to the Pinhoti Trail Thru-Hike permit page.
Which permit covers this route
The Pinhoti. One reservation is a trailhead or zone plus an entry date; you roam after that, issued by walk-up.
- Stops mapped
- 7
- Across the markers
- 247.9 mi
- Published route length
- 335 mi
- Ascent, at least
- 1,620 ft
How long it takes: 3-5 weeks. That is the figure the permit publishes. This page does not divide the route into days, because no source records which stop you sleep at.
The stops below are the route's published mile markers, in order, with the elevations recorded against each one.
Distance and elevation change on each leg are the difference between the two published figures either side of it, so the legs are arithmetic on the markers and nothing more.
The Pinhoti route, stop by stop
Mile 0.0
786 ft
Flagg Mountain (Southern Terminus)
The trail's southern end and the southernmost Appalachian peak over 1,000 feet, with a CCC-built stone fire tower and shelters inside Weogufka State Forest.
80.1 miles · 479 ft up to Cheaha Lake
Mile 80.1
1,265 ft
Cheaha Lake
A CCC-era lake near Cheaha State Park with a primitive campground option for thru-hikers passing through.
0.9 miles · 684 ft up to Pulpit Rock
Mile 81.0
1,949 ft
Pulpit Rock
A steep 0.3-mile scenic outlook near Cheaha State Park, popular with rappellers.
0.3 miles · 457 ft up to Cheaha Wilderness
Mile 81.3
2,406 ft
Cheaha Wilderness
A 7,245-acre wilderness area of Talladega National Forest surrounding Cheaha State Park, crossed by the Pinhoti Trail.
59.8 miles · 272 ft down to Dugger Mountain Wilderness
Mile 141.1
2,134 ft
Dugger Mountain Wilderness
A wilderness in Talladega National Forest's Shoal Creek Ranger District, holding Alabama's second-highest peak, crossed by the Pinhoti Trail.
106.1 miles · 256 ft down to Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area
Mile 247.2
1,878 ft
Johns Mountain Wildlife Management Area
A 23,000-plus-acre WMA transected by the Pinhoti Trail in northwest Georgia, holding Keown Falls and the Johns Mountain Overlook.
0.7 miles · 408 ft down to Keown Falls
Mile 247.9
1,470 ft
Keown Falls
A multi-tiered waterfall reached by a loop combining the Keown Falls and Johns Mountain trails with the Pinhoti Trail, inside Johns Mountain WMA.
Getting a Pinhoti for the dates you want
Planning the route is the easy half. Pinhoti dates go fast, and the ones that come back are cancellations. They return to the booking system without warning and are gone again quickly. PermitSnag checks Pinhoti around the clock and alerts you the moment a date opens.