Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Hickory Knob Trail & Shope Gap Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
7 mi · ▲ 2,210 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Hickory Knob Trail & Shope Gap Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 2,210 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Hickory Knob Trail & Shope Gap Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail
7 mi · ▲ 2,210 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 2,310–3,016 ft
Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 34.76286, -84.03306
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading W.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Shope Gap Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Hickory Knob Trail, heading W.
- 1.2 miReach Shope Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~84 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Shope Gap Trail via Yellow Mountain Trail 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,179 ft
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