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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Freeman Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 775 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Freeman Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Owltown, GA. It climbs 775 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi3,133 – 3,803 ft · steepest grade: 17%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access 34.74092, -83.95706
Nearest town Owltown, GA
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Freeman Trail & Slaughter Creek Trail

2.9 mi · ▲ 775 ft · 1 hr 21 min

Elevation 3,132–3,802 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access · 34.74092, -83.95706

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on Slaughter Creek Road access, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miTurn left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.5 miSharp right onto Appalachian Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.4 miBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  6. 100 ftReach Slaughter Creek Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 100 ftBear right onto Freeman Trail, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Slaughter Creek Road access, heading W.
  12. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/freeman-trail-slaughter-creek-trail-out-back-5-km

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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