Stone Mountain Park
Stone Mountain Lake–Venable Lake, 4 lakes
5.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Stone Mountain Lake–Venable Lake, 4 lakes is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Stone Mountain Park near Stone Mountain, GA. The route passes Catfish Pond, Venable Lake and Stone Mountain Lake. It is mostly level, with 200 ft of elevation gain. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Stone Mountain Lake–Venable Lake, 4 lakes
5.9 mi · ▲ 200 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 841–992 ft
Out & Back · Stone Mountain Park
Trailhead: Connecting Trail · 33.79914, -84.15080
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Connecting Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Catfish Pond.
- 50 ftPass Venable Lake.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Cherokee Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Stone Mountain Lake.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Nature Garden Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Connecting Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Stone Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Nature Garden Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherokee Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miTurn left onto Connecting Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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