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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Duncan Ridge Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,323 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Duncan Ridge Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Owltown, GA. It climbs 1,323 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,133 – 4,141 ft · steepest grade: 18%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access 34.74092, -83.95706
Nearest town Owltown, GA
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Duncan Ridge Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail

4.3 mi · ▲ 1,323 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 3,132–4,141 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access · 34.74092, -83.95706

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

  1. Start on Slaughter Creek Road access, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.7 miReach Slaughter Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.7 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Slaughter Creek Road access, heading W.
  10. 0.1 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-trail-out-back-add1

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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