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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Duncan Ridge Road–Shope Gap Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft · 3 hr 3 min

Duncan Ridge Road–Shope Gap Trail, 3 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,699 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 3,015 ft · steepest grade: 18%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Duncan Ridge Road 34.77326, -84.06583
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Duncan Ridge Road–Shope Gap Trail, 3 sights

6.6 mi · ▲ 1,699 ft · 3 hr 3 min

Elevation 2,206–3,016 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Duncan Ridge Road · 34.77326, -84.06583

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

  1. Start on Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  2. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  4. 300 ftBear right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  5. 300 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  6. 100 ftTurn right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  9. 1 miTurn left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading S.
  10. 1.5 miReach Duncan Ridge Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.5 miTurn right onto Shope Gap Trail, heading NW.
  12. 1 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  13. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  14. 100 ftTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  15. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  16. 300 ftBear left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  17. 350 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NW.
  19. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/duncan-ridge-road-shope-gap-trail-out-back-3-sights-11-km

Trail surface

27% gravel73% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~72 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:05 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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