Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 783 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Directions
Cooper Creek Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 783 ft · 1 hr 29 min
Elevation 2,180–2,976 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
- Start on Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miReach Mill Shoals Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~37 min). Leave by 7:01 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
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- Hickory Knob Trail & Mill Shoals Trail via Duncan Ridge Road 6 mi · ▲ 2,096 ft
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