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Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Yellow Mountain Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Yellow Mountain Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area near Baxter, GA. It climbs 1,230 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,362 – 3,015 ft · steepest grade: 27%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 34.75884, -84.03080
Nearest town Baxter, GA
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Yellow Mountain Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 1,230 ft · 2 hr 13 min

Elevation 2,362–3,016 ft

Out & Back · Coopers Creek Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 34.75884, -84.03080

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miBear left onto Yellow Mountain Trail, heading W.
  3. 2.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  4. 2.1 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 0.4 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/yellow-mountain-trail-out-back

Trail surface

14% gravel86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:14 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:00 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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