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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Hickory Knob Trail via Duncan Ridge Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,544 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Hickory Knob Trail via Duncan Ridge Road is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,544 ft, with sections as steep as 36% grade. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 2,986 ft · steepest grade: 36%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.77317, -84.06280
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Hickory Knob Trail via Duncan Ridge Road

4.7 mi · ▲ 1,544 ft · 2 hr 20 min

Elevation 2,206–2,987 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.77317, -84.06280

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.2 miSharp left onto Hickory Knob Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.2 miReach Hickory Knob Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.2 miSharp right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SE.
  15. 100 ftTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading S.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SE.
  17. 300 ftBear left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading E.
  18. 350 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SW.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SW.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hickory-knob-trail-out-back

Trail surface

54% dirt35% gravel11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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