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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Flatland-Cooper Connector & Turkey Creek Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 519 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Flatland-Cooper Connector & Turkey Creek Trail is a 2.3-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 519 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 82/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,454 – 2,746 ft · steepest grade: 24%2.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Turkey Creek Trail 34.74841, -84.02570
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Flatland-Cooper Connector & Turkey Creek Trail

2.3 mi · ▲ 519 ft · 1 hr 2 min

Elevation 2,455–2,746 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Turkey Creek Trail · 34.74841, -84.02570

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on Turkey Creek Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Flatland-Cooper Connector, heading E.
  3. 0.6 miReach Turkey Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Turkey Creek Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 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/flatland-cooper-connector-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:09 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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