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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Shope Gap Trail via Duncan Ridge Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,002 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Shope Gap Trail via Duncan Ridge Road is a 3.8-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,002 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,208 – 2,982 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.77317, -84.06280
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Shope Gap Trail via Duncan Ridge Road

3.8 mi · ▲ 1,002 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Elevation 2,206–2,982 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.77317, -84.06280

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:14 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  5. 350 ftBear right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading E.
  6. 250 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  8. 150 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading N.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading N.
  10. 1 miReach Shope Gap Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1 miContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading NE.
  12. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  13. 100 ftTurn left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  14. 100 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading W.
  15. 300 ftBear left onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading W.
  16. 350 ftContinue straight onto Mill Shoals Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftContinue straight onto Duncan Ridge Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shope-gap-trail-out-back-6-km

Trail surface

43% gravel8% dirt49% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:32 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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