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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 6 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 4,053 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 6 sights is a 14.7-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Owltown, GA. It climbs 4,053 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 52/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,018 – 4,160 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.79225, -83.92736
Nearest town Owltown, GA
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Board Camp Creek Road–Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, 6 sights

14.7 mi · ▲ 4,053 ft · 6 hr 56 min

Elevation 2,019–4,161 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: 34.79225, -83.92736

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading W.
  3. 2.5 miSharp left onto Calf Stomp Road, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading S.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right onto Board Camp Creek Road, heading SE.
  8. 0.7 miReach Coosa Backcountry, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miBear right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miContinue straight onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.8 miTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  12. 2.2 miBear left onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading N.
  13. 450 ftBear right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  14. 0.5 miContinue straight onto West Wolf Creek Road, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftBear right onto Coosa Backcountry, heading NW.
  16. 2.8 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/board-camp-creek-road-coosa-backcountry-duncan-ridge-trail-out-back-6-sights

Trail surface

9% gravel91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~170 min). Leave by 4:47 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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