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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Brushy Knob Trail & Burnett Creek Connector

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Brushy Knob Trail & Burnett Creek Connector is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Suches, GA. It climbs 1,012 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,710 – 3,156 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnett Creek Connector 34.71360, -84.00154
Nearest town Suches, GA
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Brushy Knob Trail & Burnett Creek Connector

7.1 mi · ▲ 1,012 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Elevation 2,710–3,157 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Burnett Creek Connector · 34.71360, -84.00154

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 1.2 miBear left onto Burnett Creek Connector, heading NW.
  3. 2.3 miReach Burnett Creek Connector, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 2.3 miBear right onto Brushy Knob Trail, heading SE.
  5. 1.1 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/brushy-knob-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:55 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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