Lake Winfield Scott via Slaughter Creek Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Owltown, GA. The route reaches Lake Winfield Scott. It climbs 427 ft. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi2,871 – 3,235 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access 34.74092, -83.95706
Nearest town Owltown, GA
Directions
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Lake Winfield Scott via Slaughter Creek Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 35 min
Elevation 2,871–3,235 ft
Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: Slaughter Creek Road access · 34.74092, -83.95706
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:13 AM · sunset 7:57 PM
- Start on Slaughter Creek Road access, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Campsite, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 1.5 miPass Lake Winfield Scott.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Lake Winfield Scott, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Winfield Scott, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading E.
- 1.6 miBear left onto Campsite, heading SE.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Slaughter Creek Road access, heading SE.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
11% paved89% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:13 AMSunset 7:57 PM
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