Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,826 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,826 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
7 mi · ▲ 1,826 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 2,180–3,016 ft
Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.75884, -84.03080
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 2.1 miBear right onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miReach Cooper Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 2.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~92 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Yellow Mountain Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft
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