Evening Hike: Stone Mountain & Cedar Rock Loop

Type of Outing: Hike
Total Mileage: 6 miles, with the option of tacking on an extra 3 depending on how we’re feeling.
Elevation Gain: 1341ft/1719ft (if longer route)
Difficulty: Moderate

Please join me for a little after-work cardio. We’ll meet at the Lower Parking Lot, ascend Stone Mountain and descend to the Upper Falls. From there, we’ll enjoy the full bloom of the Great Rhododendrons (they are in peak!) and then ascend Cedar Rock, hike over to Wolf Rock and descend back to the Lower Parking Lot using the Wolf Rock trail.

If we’re feeling like tacking on some extra mileage, we may opt to include the Middle and Lower Falls, hike past some old moonshine stills and ascend Wolf Rock via an old road bed.

This will be a moderate hike so come prepared with water and perhaps some salty snacks.

If we opt for the longer route, there will be two stream crossings, so poles are helpful.

This hike is weather-dependent. I hike in rain, but not in thunder/lightning.