SOTA Guide - Buckeye Knob, W4G/NG-017

Duration: 1:45
Google Maps URL from Atlanta (33.917, -84.3378):
- Atlanta, Buckeye, Akin, Atlanta (Double-header): http://goo.gl/maps/0XZ0E
- … plus dinner: http://goo.gl/maps/cR97o
Seasonal/Limited Access: All-season, dirt. Patrick drove it in February. May require SUV.
Directions:
- GA-400 N for 47
- L on US-19 and go 5.1
- R on GA-9 N - go 8 miles.
- L on GA-60 - go 7.3.
  - This is more of a Y than a left turn. It is near the entrance to the R Ranch resort community.
- R on GA-180 (Wolf Pen Gap Rd) - go 7.7
- L on Duncan Ridge Rd - go 3.9. (a.k.a. Forest Service road FS 39.)
  - Duncan Ridge Rd Landmarks, where Duncan Ridge Rd meets GA-180:
  - “Wolf Pen Gap” highway sign (green background, white letters) on the right.
  - On the left, the dirt road has a big “Coopers Creek WMA” sign.
  - There’s a green-blazed trail on the right side of 180. I suspect it is the Coosa trail (which does not go to Coosa Bald).
- Park at campsite/wide spot in road on L, just past Duncan Ridge Trail (trailhead) on R.
Food
- Last McDonalds: Dahlonega
- Penultimate McDonalds: GA-400 at GA-53 (38 miles north of I-285)
- Dinner: Smoke-n-Gold in Dahlonega

Duration:
Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/h64zm
Seasonal/Limited Access: All-season, dirt. Patrick drove it in February. May require SUV.
Directions:
- Head west (or southwest) on Mulkey Gap Rd and go 2.1
- Keep L (straight) at Ridge Runner Trail and go 0.7
- L on Duncan Ridge Rd (USFS-39) and go 5.2
  - Might see cemetery across creek on L, just before turn.
  - Will cross creek and follow a fork.
  - Note: At 3.1 something merges from R
  - Note: At about 3.5, keep L.
- Park at campsite on R, just pass Buckeye Knob (on L) just before Duncan Ridge Trail (trailhead) on L.

Duration: 0.7 mile, 0:30
Navigation
- NNE (toward Coosa) on Duncan Ridge Rd 500’ from the campsite
- L on old road up to the ridge line and the Duncan Ridge Trail.
  - The old road is recognizable only by some piles of dirt to stop people from driving it. It is not readily apparent as a road.
- Go W, then NW on DRT about .65 miles and 500’ altitude.
Trailhead altitude: 3415
Summit altitude: 3734
GPS tracks/waypoints:
- Trailhead: 34.78459,-83.99194
- Summit: 34.7873, -83.9982

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