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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 3,502 ft · 6 hr 1 min

Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Suches, GA. It climbs 3,502 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi3,022 – 4,141 ft · steepest grade: 25%13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.72915, -83.96846
Nearest town Suches, GA
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Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 5 sights

12.8 mi · ▲ 3,502 ft · 6 hr 1 min

Elevation 3,023–4,141 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: 34.72915, -83.96846

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.8 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.8 miBear left onto Board Camp Creek Road, heading W.
  10. 0.6 miReach Freeman Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.6 miBear right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  13. 1.8 miBear right onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  14. 0.7 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.8 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading S.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/board-camp-creek-road-coosa-backcountry-duncan-ridge-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

12% gravel88% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~142 min). Leave by 5:15 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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