Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry
9.9 mi · ▲ 3,037 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry is a 9.9-mile out-and-back near Owltown, GA. It climbs 3,037 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,024 – 3,478 ft · steepest grade: 20%10.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 34.79225, -83.92736
Nearest town Owltown, GA
Directions
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Big Grassy Knob Road & Roaring Fork Trail via Coosa Backcountry
9.9 mi · ▲ 3,037 ft · 4 hr 49 min
Elevation 2,024–3,479 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 34.79225, -83.92736
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading W.
- 2.5 miContinue straight onto Calf Stomp Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Roaring Fork Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Big Grassy Knob Road, heading SW.
- 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.
- 2.5 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.5 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
38% gravel62% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~129 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- West Wolf Creek Road via Coosa Backcountry 3 mi · ▲ 542 ft
- Coosa Backcountry 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,953 ft
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