Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Cooper Creek Trail & Yellow Mountain Trail via Duncan Ridge Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,352 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Cooper Creek Trail & Yellow Mountain Trail via Duncan Ridge Road is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,352 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Cooper Creek Trail & Yellow Mountain Trail via Duncan Ridge Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,352 ft · 2 hr 37 min
Elevation 2,205–2,804 ft
Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.77317, -84.06280
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miReach Cooper Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn left onto Cooper Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 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 1.6 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:52 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- Duncan Ridge Road 2.3 mi · ▲ 531 ft
- Duncan Ridge Road 2.9 mi · ▲ 683 ft
- Shope Gap Trail via Duncan Ridge Road 3.8 mi · ▲ 1,002 ft
- Hickory Knob Trail via Duncan Ridge Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 1,544 ft
- Shope Gap Trail & Yellow Mountain Trail via Duncan Ridge Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,759 ft
- Duncan Ridge Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 2,539 ft
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