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Stone Mountain Park

Reflecting Pool via Cherokee Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Reflecting Pool via Cherokee Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain, GA. The route reaches Reflecting Pool. It climbs 502 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,165 ft · steepest grade: 23%3.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Nature Garden Trail 33.80498, -84.15927
Nearest town Stone Mountain, GA
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Reflecting Pool via Cherokee Trail

3.1 mi · ▲ 502 ft · 1 hr 17 min

Elevation 890–1,165 ft

Out & Back · Stone Mountain Park

Trailhead: Nature Garden Trail · 33.80498, -84.15927

Weather Sep 7: Light drizzle, high 82°F / low 73° · precip 20% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:57 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Nature Garden Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading S.
  3. 150 ftSharp left onto Cherokee Trail, heading NE.
  4. 1 miPass Reflecting Pool.
  5. 0.3 miReach Reflecting Pool, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.3 miSharp right onto Connecting Trail, heading S.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nature Garden Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 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/reflecting-pool-reflecting-pool-out-back

Weather

Light drizzleTemperature 82°F73°
Precip20%Wind8 mphUV6Humidity79%
Rained 0.4″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°70° 12 AM: 9% rain1 AM: 7% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 9% rain4 AM: 9% rain5 AM: 5% rain6 AM: 3% rain7 AM: 2% rain8 AM: 1% rain9 AM: 1% rain10 AM: 3% rain11 AM: 5% rain12 PM: 7% rain1 PM: 8% rain2 PM: 10% rain3 PM: 13% rain4 PM: 17% rain5 PM: 20% rain6 PM: 16% rain7 PM: 5% rain8 PM: 5% rain9 PM: 3% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 7:15 AM12 AM3 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 7:57 PM
Tue 86°70°
Wed 91°68°
Thu 95°72° 54%
Fri 95°74° 49%
Sat 96°72° 32%
Sun 96°70° 18%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 7:57 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM — 1 min before dark.

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