Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,175 ft · 7 hr 15 min
Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail is a 15.5-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Swan, GA. It climbs 4,175 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail
15.5 mi · ▲ 4,175 ft · 7 hr 15 min
Elevation 2,005–3,475 ft
Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.73898, -84.17015
Weather Sep 6: Drizzle, high 89°F / low 67° · precip 15% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left onto Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 7.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 7.7 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.1 mi in (~134 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- John Dick Creek Road & Toccoa River Road 2.7 mi · ▲ 311 ft
- Seed Production Road via Toccoa River Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 323 ft
- Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
- Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft
- Bryson Gap Road–Bryson-Benton Connector, 5 sights 12.8 mi · ▲ 1,747 ft
- Mill Creek Road via Benton MacKaye & Duncan Ridge Trail 14.5 mi · ▲ 2,962 ft
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