Coon Branch Road–Emery Creek Trail, 4 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,928 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Coon Branch Road–Emery Creek Trail, 4 sights is an 11.4-mile out-and-back near Hasslers Mill, GA. It climbs 1,928 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi984 – 2,310 ft · steepest grade: 19%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Emery Creek Trail 34.81209, -84.65203
Nearest town Hasslers Mill, GA

Directions

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Coon Branch Road–Emery Creek Trail, 4 sights

11.4 mi · ▲ 1,928 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 984–2,309 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Emery Creek Trail · 34.81209, -84.65203

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 8:00 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Emery Creek Trail, heading NE.
  2. 1.2 miSharp left onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.7 miSharp right onto Tibbs, heading NE.
  4. 1.7 miTurn right onto Coon Branch Road, heading E.
  5. 1.1 miReach Emery Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.1 miSharp right onto Tibbs, heading NE.
  7. 0.7 miBear left onto Upper Emery Creek Road, heading E.
  8. 1.8 miTurn right onto Emery Creek Trail, heading S.
  9. 1.7 miContinue straight onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading SW.
  10. 50 ftContinue straight onto Emery Creek Trail, heading SW.
  11. 250 ftBear right onto Lower Emery Creek Road, heading SW.
  12. 100 ftBear left onto Emery Creek Trail, heading SW.
  13. 1.2 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

32% dirt68% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:16 AMSunset 8:00 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~61 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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