AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Burnett Creek Road & Burnett Creek Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 977 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Burnett Creek Road & Burnett Creek Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 977 ft. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,421 – 3,025 ft6.5 mi

Getting there

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

6.5 mi · ▲ 977 ft · 2 hr 39 min

Elevation 2,420–3,025 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. 1.4 miSharp right onto Burnett Creek Trail, heading S.
  3. 1.9 miReach Burnett Creek Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.9 miSharp left onto Burnett Creek Road, heading SW.
  5. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/burnett-creek-road-burnett-creek-trail-out-back

Trail surface

57% dirt43% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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