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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Mart Helton Branch B Road & Muddy Branch Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 556 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Mart Helton Branch B Road & Muddy Branch Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 556 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,425 – 2,845 ft · steepest grade: 19%3.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Mart Helton Branch B Road 34.74384, -84.03293
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Mart Helton Branch B Road & Muddy Branch Trail

3.3 mi · ▲ 556 ft · 1 hr 23 min

Elevation 2,424–2,845 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Mart Helton Branch B Road · 34.74384, -84.03293

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

  1. Start on Mart Helton Branch B Road, heading S.
  2. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Trail, heading W.
  3. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mart Helton Branch B Road, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miReach Mart Helton Branch B Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Muddy Branch Trail, heading E.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mart Helton Branch B Road, heading E.
  7. 1.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mart-helton-branch-b-road-muddy-branch-trail-out-back

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:57 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 7:00 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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