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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Duncan Ridge Trail

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,539 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Duncan Ridge Trail is a 10.7-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 2,539 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 3,547 ft · steepest grade: 23%11.7 mi

Getting there

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

10.7 mi · ▲ 2,539 ft · 4 hr 50 min

Elevation 2,206–3,545 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. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  12. 1.9 miSharp left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading E.
  13. 2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 2 miSharp right onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  15. 1.9 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SW.
  17. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  18. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  19. 150 ftTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  20. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  21. 300 ftBear left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  22. 300 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NW.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

53% gravel3% dirt44% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~130 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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