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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Bryant Creek Trail–Burnett Creek Trail, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,589 ft · 6 hr 32 min

Bryant Creek Trail–Burnett Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 2,589 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,182 – 3,028 ft · steepest grade: 17%16.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mill Shoals Trail 34.76221, -84.06735
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Bryant Creek Trail–Burnett Creek Trail, 3 sights

15.7 mi · ▲ 2,589 ft · 6 hr 32 min

Elevation 2,180–3,030 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Mill Shoals Trail · 34.76221, -84.06735

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start on Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.4 miSharp right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  3. 300 ftBear right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  4. 300 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  5. 100 ftTurn right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading E.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miSharp right, heading N.
  11. 100 ftSharp left onto Bryant Creek Trail, heading NE.
  12. 3 miBear right onto Burnett Creek Road, heading SE.
  13. 350 ftContinue straight onto Burnett Creek Trail, heading E.
  14. 1.9 miReach Mill Shoals Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 1.9 miContinue straight onto Burnett Creek Road, heading E.
  16. 350 ftBear left onto Bryant Creek Trail, heading N.
  17. 3 miSharp right, heading S.
  18. 100 ftSharp left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.8 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  22. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  23. 100 ftTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  24. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  25. 300 ftBear left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  26. 350 ftSharp left onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  27. 1.3 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/bryant-creek-trail-burnett-creek-trail-out-back-3-sights

Trail surface

55% dirt17% gravel28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:28 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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