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Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights is a 5.1-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 Rock Outcrop Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 307 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi696 – 912 ft6.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 33.63294, -84.14769
Nearest town Klondike, GA

Directions

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Rock Outcrop Viewpoint–Upper Alexander Lake, 6 sights

5.1 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 51 min

Elevation 695–913 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lower Alexander Lake.
  3. 50 ftPass Upper Alexander Lake.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  10. 300 ftTurn left onto Abandoned golf cart path, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftPass Upper Alexander Lake.
  12. 50 ftSharp right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading NW.
  14. 0.8 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 0.5 miSharp right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Rock Outcrop Trail, heading W.
  18. 500 ftContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading N.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Rock Outcrop Trail, heading N.
  20. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftReach Rock Outcrop Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 150 ftBear left onto Connecting Trail, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rock Outcrop Trail, heading NE.
  24. 500 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  26. 50 ftSharp left onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading SE.
  27. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.8 miTurn right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.2 miSharp left onto Abandoned golf cart path, heading E.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 300 ftBear right, heading E.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  34. 200 ftBear left, heading NE.
  35. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

68% paved17% dirt5% grass10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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