Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry
7.2 mi · ▲ 2,205 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry is a 7.2-mile out-and-back near Owltown, GA. It climbs 2,205 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,454 – 3,478 ft · steepest grade: 21%7.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.79233, -83.93245
Nearest town Owltown, GA
Directions
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Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry
7.2 mi · ▲ 2,205 ft · 3 hr 30 min
Elevation 2,454–3,479 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.79233, -83.93245
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coosa Backcountry, heading SW.
- 1.4 miContinue straight onto Calf Stomp Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Roaring Fork Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Grassy Knob Road, heading W.
- 1.6 miReach Roaring Fork Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Roaring Fork Trail, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right onto Calf Stomp Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Coosa Backcountry, heading E.
- 1.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
52% gravel1% dirt47% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~81 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Coosa Backcountry 4 mi · ▲ 1,121 ft
- West Wolf Creek Road via Coosa Backcountry 4.8 mi · ▲ 827 ft
- Calf Stomp Road & West Wolf Creek Road via Coosa Backcountry 9.3 mi · ▲ 1,707 ft
- Outlook Viewpoint–Bear Hair Gap Trail Loop, 6 sights 13.3 mi · ▲ 3,700 ft
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