SOTA Guide - Gooch Mtn, W4G/NG-041, 8 points

Duration: 15 minutes
Seasonal/Limited Access: Most of Coopers Gap Rd is dirt; easy drive in a Corolla; no gates.
Directions:
- WARNING: Take route shown here. Google Maps sent me via Business 19, Black Mtn Rd to Grassy Gap Rd (4WD).
- NW on GA-60 (R from lot on vault toilet side) and go 1.5
- L on Cooper Gap Rd (across from small lake, onto paved road w/street sign) and go 3.3
  - L fork at 1.6 (stay on Cooper Gap Rd). Pavement ends at 2.0.
  - Continue past AT crossing
  - Stop at 34.64775, -84.03514, 3.3 miles since leaving GA-60.
  - You’ll park at a valley/gulley, just before a buried-fiber post on the left.
- You get to Woody Gap for Black Mtn and Big Cedar Mtn by heading back out the way you came.
GPS Failure Return Route:
- Head S (or SSE) along the ridge line to the saddle. Then E downhill to the road.
- The road is east of the summit and the entire walk. Just don’t drift off to the W and you’ll be good.
Food: None

Duration:
- Atlanta to Gooch: 1:30
- Gooch to Sassafras: 0:15
Google Maps from Atlanta (33.917, -84.3378): https://tinyurl.com/atl-gooch
Seasonal/Limited Access: Most of Coopers Gap Rd is dirt; easy drive in a Corolla; no gates.
Directions:
- WARNING: Take the route shown below. Maps for cell phone sent me via Business US-19, Black Mtn Rd to Grassy Gap Rd (4WD).
- GA-400/US-19 N, and go 47 miles
- L on US-19, and go 5.1
- R on GA-9 and go 8.0
- Keep L onto GA-60 and go 5.3 to Woody Gap
- Continue at “Gooch Mountain from Woody Gap”
Food
- Last McDonalds: Dahlonega
- Penultimate McDonalds: Hwy 53, Dawsonville, just north of Cumming

Duration: 0.5 miles bushwhack, 0:30 up, 0:20 down
Navigation
- Bushwhack west, up to the ridge on your right.
- You’ll follow the gully/valley up to the saddle.
- Follow ridge from the saddle north to the summit.
Summit altitude: 3333
GPS tracks/waypoints:
- Trailhead: 34.64775, -84.03514, Altitude = 2969
- Summit: 34.6509, -84.0382
- Maidenhead grid: EM74xp

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