Georgia trails · Cherokee Trail
Cherokee Trail
A 4.7-mile out-and-back in Georgia, with 324 ft of climbing. Reaches Stone Mountain Park Lake-South and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the middle third — 88% of the ascent, between mile 1.9 and mile 3.7. It gives back about 336 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Stone Mountain Park Lake-South (lake)
- Venable Lake (lake)
- Howell Lake (lake)
- Lanford Lake (lake)
- Stone Mountain Lake (lake)
Getting there
Connecting Trail access — parking nearby. 33.80428, -84.15621 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:43 a.m., the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 8:03 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 8:29 p.m. (EDT) — 12 h 54 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.3-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:56 a.m. — 9 h 08 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Cochran Shoals - Trail System — 18.7 mi
- White Trail — 27.7 mi