Freeman Trail–Slaughter Creek Trail, 3 sights is a 12.7-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Suches, GA. It climbs 2,783 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi2,264 – 3,803 ft · steepest grade: 18%13.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Camp Trail 34.73434, -83.97235
Nearest town Suches, GA
Directions
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Freeman Trail–Slaughter Creek Trail, 3 sights
12.7 mi · ▲ 2,783 ft · 5 hr 37 min
Elevation 2,265–3,802 ft
Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness
Trailhead: Camp Trail · 34.73434, -83.97235
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start on Camp Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading SE.
- 2.5 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Slaughter Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading N.
- 2.5 miSharp left onto Camp Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
24% dirt76% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
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