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Blood Mountain Wilderness

Lake Winfield Scott–Coosa Backcountry Trail, 4 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 3,027 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Lake Winfield Scott–Coosa Backcountry Trail, 4 sights is a 12.2-mile out-and-back in Blood Mountain Wilderness near Owltown, GA. The route reaches Lake Winfield Scott at the turnaround, 6.1 miles in. It climbs 3,027 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 49/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,352 – 4,141 ft · steepest grade: 24%12.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.76253, -83.92818
Nearest town Owltown, GA
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Lake Winfield Scott–Coosa Backcountry Trail, 4 sights

12.2 mi · ▲ 3,027 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Elevation 2,352–4,141 ft

Out & Back · Blood Mountain Wilderness

Trailhead: 34.76253, -83.92818

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading NW.
  3. 300 ftTurn left onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading SE.
  4. 2.2 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.7 miTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miBear left onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading E.
  7. 2.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  8. 250 ftReach Lake Winfield Scott, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 300 ftTurn right onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading W.
  10. 2.6 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading SE.
  11. 0.4 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.7 miTurn right onto Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading N.
  13. 2.2 miTurn right onto Bear Hair Gap Trail / Coosa Backcountry Trail, heading N.
  14. 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-winfield-scott-lake-winfield-scott-out-back-5-sights-20-km

Weather

Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM

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