Panola Mountain Viewing Platform Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 4 lakes is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Panola Mountain State Park near Klondike, GA. The route passes Lower Alexander Lake, Upper Alexander Lake and Upper Alexander Lake before reaching Panola Mountain Viewing Platform Viewpoint at the turnaround, 1.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi696 – 863 ft3.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 33.63294, -84.14769
Nearest town Klondike, GA
Directions
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Panola Mountain Viewing Platform Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 4 lakes
2.9 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 1 hr 2 min
Elevation 695–864 ft
Out & Back · Panola Mountain State Park
Trailhead: 33.63294, -84.14769
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lower Alexander Lake.
- 50 ftPass Upper Alexander Lake.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 300 ftTurn left onto Abandoned golf cart path, heading SW.
- 50 ftPass Upper Alexander Lake.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Panola Mountain Viewing Platform, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Panola Mountain Viewing Platform Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Abandoned golf cart path, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
66% paved8% grass8% boardwalk2% dirt16% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:56 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 305 ft
- Upper Alexander Lake–Watershed Viewpoint, 4 lakes 4.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft
- Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Exposed rock–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 lakes 12.6 mi · ▲ 642 ft
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