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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

  1. Start on Slaughter Creek Road access, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Campsite, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear right onto Slaughter Creek Trail, heading SW.
  4. 1.5 miPass Lake Winfield Scott.
  5. 200 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto Lake Winfield Scott, heading NW.
  7. 0.2 miReach Lake Winfield Scott, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Jarrard Gap Trail, heading E.
  9. 1.6 miBear left onto Campsite, heading SE.
  10. 50 ftSharp left onto Slaughter Creek Road access, heading SE.
  11. 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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