Blood Mountain Wilderness
Coosa Backcountry Trail–Duncan Ridge Trail, 4 sights
15 mi · ▲ 3,932 ft · 6 hr 58 min
Coosa Backcountry Trail–Duncan Ridge Trail, 4 sights is a 15-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Suches, GA. It climbs 3,932 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Coosa Backcountry Trail–Duncan Ridge Trail, 4 sights
15 mi · ▲ 3,932 ft · 6 hr 58 min
Elevation 2,858–4,141 ft
Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: 34.70526, -83.99065
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto not maintained, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 3.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miReach not maintained, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 3.2 miSharp right onto not maintained, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:34 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM — 9 min before dark. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint
More from this trailhead
- not maintained via Appalachian Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 514 ft
- Dockery Lake & not maintained 8.9 mi · ▲ 1,928 ft
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