Quick Guide to hiking trails

Panola Mountain State Conservation Park

Panola Mountain
Photo by AJC
Four trails totaling about six miles offer easy interpretive walks through this park.
Degree of Difficulty: Easy to moderate (unguided trails); Guided trails are moderate to strenuous and must be reserved before visiting
Fees: $3 parking fee (free on Wednesdays); $20 for vehicles of 13 passengers or more (school buses excluded)
Dogs: Not permitted
Hours of operation: Open 7 days/week;
September 15-April 14, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. (or dark);
April 15-September 14, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. (or dark).
How to get there: 18 miles southeast of Atlanta on Ga. Hwy. 155 via I-20 exit #68. 770-389-7805; 770-389-7275; reservations 800-864-7275

More hiking around Atlanta
• Amicalola Falls
• Black Rock Mountain
• Chattahoochee River National Rec. Area
• Cloudland Canyon State Park
• Kennesaw Mountain
• McIntosh Reserve
• Panola Mountain
• Red Top Mountain
• Reynolds Nature Preserve
• State Botanical Garden of Georgia
• Stone Mountain
• Sweetwater Creek
• Tallulah Gorge State Park
• Hiking Guide home

* Degree of Difficulty as rated by "Hiking Trails of North Georgia" by Tim Homan

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