Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/06/18
8:00 am - 6:30 pm
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List of Attendees
- Chin-En Ai
- Miriam Kilimo
- Rony K
- Peter de Lastic
- Mani Sotoodeh
- Chunxiao LI
Date: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Time: 8:00 am at Intown Church
Difficulty Level: D3 (moderate)
Hiking Distance: 5 – 6 miles
Cost: $20 per person
Black Rock Mountain State Park is Georgia’s highest state park that encompasses some of the most outstanding scenery in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Roadside overlooks provide spectacular 80-mile vistas, and four hiking trails lead visitors past wildflowers, streams, small waterfalls and lush forests. Visitors can enjoy the summit visitor center for its views. At an altitude of 3,640 feet, Black Rock Mountain is often cooler than other Georgia parks.
Tennessee Rock Trail
The yellow-blazed Tennessee Rock Trail, winding its way through some of the highest and lushest forests, is the park’s most popular hiking trail. The trail offers most visitors a perfect opportunity to get better acquainted with the area’s rich woodlands and vistas, that on clear days span over 80 miles into the neighboring states of both North and South Carolina, as well as Tennessee.
Black Rock Lake Trail
The loop around scenic Black Rock Lake, completed in 2007, is a wonderful addition to the park’s trail system. The 17-acre lake is unspoiled by development and is rimmed by forests of white pine and yellow poplar. Wooden bridges cross Taylor Creek and Greasy Creek, the two cascading streams that feed Black Rock Lake, and an 80-foot bridge spans Cricket Cove on the lake’s southwest corner.
James E. Edmond Trail
This trail is quite steep in a number of places. In laurel-filled coves, the trail follows cascading streams with small waterfalls. In the northernmost section of the park, the trail climbs to the summit of Lookoff Mountain and offers a stunning vista of Wolffork Valley and surrounding mountain ranges.
Required Items:
1.5 – 2 liters of water
Good hiking shoes or tennis shoes
Layered clothing
Lunch and snacks
Daypack
Recommended Items:
Hiking poles or stick
Camera
Sunglasses
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