Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Stone Mountain Park near Brentwood, GA. The route passes Venable Lake and Stone Mountain Lake. It is mostly level, with 196 ft of elevation gain. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail
3.6 mi · ▲ 196 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 841–955 ft
Out & Back · Stone Mountain Park
Trailhead: Cherokee Trail · 33.79836, -84.13919
Weather Sep 7: Overcast, high 83°F / low 72° · precip 26% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cherokee Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Venable Lake.
- 50 ftPass Stone Mountain Lake.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nature Garden Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miReach Stone Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherokee Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 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
More from Cherokee Trail Trailhead
- Stone Mountain–Stone Mountain Lake, 5 sights 5.5 mi · ▲ 875 ft
- Stone Mountain Lake–Venable Lake, 4 lakes 6.9 mi · ▲ 668 ft
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