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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Flatland Road & Muddy Branch Ridge Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Flatland Road & Muddy Branch Ridge Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Suches, GA. It climbs 686 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,362 – 2,822 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Flatland Road 34.71356, -84.02605
Nearest town Suches, GA
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Flatland Road & Muddy Branch Ridge Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 53 min

Elevation 2,362–2,821 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. 0.6 miTurn right onto Muddy Branch Ridge Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.8 miReach Flatland Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right onto Flatland Road, heading SE.
  7. 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-muddy-branch-ridge-trail-out-back-7-km-ebe9

Trail surface

75% dirt25% 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 6:39 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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