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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Flatland Road–Mart Helton Branch B Road, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,451 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Flatland Road–Mart Helton Branch B Road, 3 sights is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Suches, GA. It climbs 1,451 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 83/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,362 – 2,917 ft · steepest grade: 27%7.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flatland Road 34.71356, -84.02605
Nearest town Suches, GA
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Flatland Road–Mart Helton Branch B Road, 3 sights

7.5 mi · ▲ 1,451 ft · 3 hr 14 min

Elevation 2,362–2,916 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Flatland Road · 34.71356, -84.02605

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

  1. Start on Flatland Road, heading NW.
  2. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Muddy Branch Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Mart Helton Branch B Road, heading E.
  5. 1.4 miReach Flatland Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Trail, heading SW.
  7. 0.9 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Flatland Road, heading E.
  9. 0.9 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-road-mart-helton-branch-b-road-out-back-3-sights-12-km-e82b

Trail surface

86% dirt14% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~59 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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