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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

  1. Start on Camp Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading SE.
  3. 2.5 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  6. 1.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miSharp right onto abandoned road, heading S.
  9. 1.7 miReach Slaughter Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.7 miSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  12. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
  13. 1.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miSharp left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading N.
  16. 2.5 miSharp left onto Camp Trail, heading SW.
  17. 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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