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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail–Board Camp Creek Road, 6 sights

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,889 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail–Board Camp Creek Road, 6 sights is a 12.5-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Choestoe, GA. It climbs 2,889 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,320 – 4,160 ft · steepest grade: 22%12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail 34.76383, -83.92634
Nearest town Choestoe, GA
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Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail–Board Camp Creek Road, 6 sights

12.5 mi · ▲ 2,889 ft · 5 hr 37 min

Elevation 2,320–4,161 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail · 34.76383, -83.92634

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.5 miBear right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miContinue straight onto West Wolf Creek Road, heading NW.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left onto Calf Stomp Road, heading NW.
  5. 2.2 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  6. 1.1 miSharp left onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.4 miBear right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Board Camp Creek Road, heading SW.
  9. 0.6 miReach Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.6 miSharp left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miSharp right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading N.
  13. 1.1 miTurn left onto Calf Stomp Road, heading NE.
  14. 2.2 miTurn right onto West Wolf Creek Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Coosa Backcountry, heading SE.
  16. 0.5 miBear left onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  17. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bear-hair-gap-trail-coosa-backcountry-trail-board-camp-creek-road-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

50% gravel50% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.8 mi in (~176 min). Leave by 4:41 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:13 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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