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Currahee Mountain Trail & Toccoa Falls. Hike or run the historic Currahee Mountain, the mountain of “Band of Brothers” fame, to long-range summit views, and visit the tumbling waterfall at Toccoa Falls. 6 miles. (round trip) Your mileage may vary!
May 23, 2023 · 3 minute read. Fans of HBO’s Band of Brothers will be familiar with Currahee Mountain. Located in Stephens County, Georgia, 40 miles and one-hour drive west of Clemson, South Carolina. the mountain served as a physical fitness challenge to the paratroopers who trained at Camp Toccoa during WWII.
The mountain is featured in Tom Hanks' and Steven Spielberg's television miniseries Band of Brothers, in which it was a training site of the American Paratroopers at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, where they ran up and down Currahee.
Check out this 5.4-mile out-and-back trail near Toccoa, Georgia. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 2 h 34 min to complete. This is a popular trail for scenic driving, running, and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day.
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Camp Toccoa was the training site where Colonel Robert F. Sink led his troops, the 501st, 506th, 511th and 517th Parachute Infantry Regiments, on the grueling training runs up Currahee Mountain as seen in disc one of Band of Brothers as well as Saving Private Ryan and The Dirty Dozen.
All paratrooper trainees were required to regularly run up Currahee Mountain (elev. 1,735 feet (529 m)), which overlooked Camp Toccoa. This arduous task was memorialized in the HBO series, Band of Brothers , with the shout "three miles (5 km) up, three miles down."
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Any fan of military history will appreciate this short trail. Currahee Mountain was made famous by the release of Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers. The release of the HBO miniseries based on the book of the same name brought the area additional prominence in 2003.
