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Stone Mountain Park

Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Stone Mountain Park near Rockbridge, GA. The route passes Stone Mountain Lake and Venable Lake. It is mostly level, with 149 ft of elevation gain. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi837 – 955 ft4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Hawk Trail 33.79875, -84.13148
Nearest town Rockbridge, GA
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Stone Mountain Lake & Venable Lake via Cherokee Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 837–955 ft

Out & Back · Stone Mountain Park

Trailhead: Hawk Trail · 33.79875, -84.13148

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 7:15 AM · sunset 7:56 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Connecting Trail, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Stone Mountain Lake.
  3. 0.7 miPass Venable Lake.
  4. 100 ftContinue straight onto Cherokee Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Nature Garden Trail, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miReach Stone Mountain Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading SE.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Cherokee Trail, heading SE.
  10. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Connecting Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.6 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/stone-mountain-lake-venable-lake-out-back-8-km

Trail surface

29% dirt71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:15 AMSunset 7:56 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Rockbridge, Georgia