Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain, GA. The route passes Venable Lake before reaching Stone Mountain Lake at the turnaround, 1.7 miles in. It is mostly level, with 178 ft of elevation gain. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail
3.4 mi · ▲ 178 ft · 1 hr 13 min
Elevation 845–955 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
- Start on Nature Garden Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherokee Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miPass Venable Lake.
- 150 ftReach Stone Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nature Garden Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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