Panola Mountain State Park
Watershed Viewpoint–Rockdale River Viewpoint, 4 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Watershed Viewpoint–Rockdale River Viewpoint, 4 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Panola Mountain State Park near Raiders Ridge, GA. The route passes Rockdale River Viewpoint before reaching Watershed Viewpoint at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 390 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Watershed Viewpoint–Rockdale River Viewpoint, 4 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 3 hr 56 min
Elevation 673–868 ft
Out & Back · Panola Mountain State Park
Trailhead: South River Trail · 33.65785, -84.20039
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 7:16 AM · sunset 7:56 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on South River Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 2.2 miTurn right onto Arabia Mountain PATH, heading E.
- 0.6 miPass Rockdale River Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Rockdale River Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading E.
- 0.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Watershed Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Watershed Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftReach Watershed Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Panola Mountain Greenway, heading NW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Rockdale River Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Arabia Mountain Path, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto South River Trail, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from South River Trail Trailhead
- Watershed Viewpoint–Rockdale River Viewpoint, 4 sights 11.3 mi · ▲ 417 ft
- Arabia Mountain Viewpoint & South River Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 529 ft
- Rockdale River Viewpoint–Panola Mountain Greenway, 3 sights 14.5 mi · ▲ 706 ft
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