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Level: Beginner
Length: 21 mi (33.8 km)
Surface: Fire Road
Configuration: Loop
Elevation: +1,139/ -989 ft
Total: 6 riders
Mountain Biking Duncan Ridge
#273 of 403 mountain bike trails in Georgia
The ride is mostly old logging roads that follow the ridgeline of Duncan road. Nice views of the surrounding pastures to start out. Too bad most of this is on pavement. Then the next 15 miles finish you with a gradual climb through the old forest roads to the top of the ridge and you finish with about three miles of downhill riding back to your car.
First added by GoldenGoose on May 20, 2010. Last updated Apr 28, 2020. → add an update
Before you go
- Drinking water: unknown
- Lift service: unknown
- Night riding: unknown
- Pump track: unknown
- Restrooms: unknown
- Fat bike grooming: unknown
- E-bikes allowed: unknown
- Fee required: unknown
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From Vogel State Park, head east on State Route 180 (Wolf Pen Gap Rd) for 3.5 miles until you get to the junction of Duncan Ridge Road.
Recommended ride taken from Jim Parham's OFF THE BEATEN TRACK NORTH GA:
Ride south, downhill, for 3.3 miles. You'll cross over Cooper creek near Lake Winifield Scott. Shortly after, you will take a right onto Cooper Creek Rd which will turn into gravel after a mile or so and will become FS 33. Stay on this road for 5.6 miles until you get to FS 33A. Head right onto FS 33A. You'll cross back over Cooper Creek shortly after getting on FS 33A. After 3.2 miles, bear right on Duncan Ridge Road at the junction of Duncan and FS 39. 0.4 miles from the junction of Duncan Ridge and FS 39, the road exits to the right. Stay to the left on the forest roads of Duncan Ridge. 7 miles and you are home.
For a gravel road ride, the Duncan Ridge section was actually pretty entertaining with a ton of rocks and waterbars to catch air off of. The lower cooper creek section, however, was smoother and much more boring, and the paved section... well of course that was boring. But the way I rode the trail (parking at the top of Wolf Pen gap and starting with the gravel and finishing with the pavement and paved climb), the smoothness and speed of the pavement was a relief... until the climb up Wolf Pen.
| ThankForest road riding that's always available, even rainy days. At 20.5 miles, you'll definitely be able to strech your legs and the pastures and Chattahoochee National Forest will certainly provide scenery. This ride could easily be done on a Cross bike but a little suspension made the Ride down from the ridge a bit more enjoyable. Too bad there's no legal singletrack to ride in the area. The terrain is perfect for it.
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