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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Duncan Ridge Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Duncan Ridge Road is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 683 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 2,733 ft · steepest grade: 18%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.77317, -84.06280
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Duncan Ridge Road

2.9 mi · ▲ 683 ft · 1 hr 18 min

Elevation 2,206–2,734 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.77317, -84.06280

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  5. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  7. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/duncan-ridge-road-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

40% gravel12% dirt48% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~54 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.

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