Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Bryant Creek Trail & Burnett Creek Road via Duncan Ridge Trail

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,418 ft · 6 hr 17 min

Bryant Creek Trail & Burnett Creek Road via Duncan Ridge Trail is a 15.2-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 2,418 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,723 – 3,547 ft · steepest grade: 25%15.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Burnett Creek Road 34.76845, -84.03281
Nearest town Baxter, GA

Directions

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Bryant Creek Trail & Burnett Creek Road via Duncan Ridge Trail

15.2 mi · ▲ 2,418 ft · 6 hr 17 min

Elevation 2,724–3,545 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Burnett Creek Road · 34.76845, -84.03281

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start on Burnett Creek Road, heading NE.
  2. 1.5 miBear left onto Bryant Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 3 miSharp right, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftTurn right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  5. 1.1 miSharp left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading N.
  6. 2 miReach Burnett Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 2 miSharp right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SW.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 100 ftSharp left onto Bryant Creek Trail, heading S.
  10. 3 miBear right onto Burnett Creek Road, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 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

34% dirt34% gravel32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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