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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail & Coosa Backcountry Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 2,823 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail & Coosa Backcountry Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Owltown, GA. It climbs 2,823 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,379 – 4,141 ft · steepest grade: 27%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.76431, -83.92846
Nearest town Owltown, GA
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Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail & Coosa Backcountry Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 2,823 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Elevation 2,379–4,139 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: 34.76431, -83.92846

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miSharp right onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  4. 2.2 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry / Duncan Ridge Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.8 miReach Coosa Backcountry Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.8 miTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  7. 2.2 miTurn right onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 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/coosa-backcountry-duncan-ridge-trail-coosa-backcountry-trail-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~142 min). Leave by 5:15 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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