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Celebrate Black History Month with us as we embark on a meaningful hiking adventure at Booker T. Washington State Park. The Honoring Black Excellence Hike will take us along a 7.4-mile loop trail, offering a moderate challenge with an elevation gain of 524 feet. This scenic route provides the perfect opportunity to reflect, connect with nature, and celebrate the legacy of Black excellence.

Just 1 hour and 46 minutes from Atlanta, Booker T. Washington State Park is an inspiring backdrop for this special hike. We encourage participants to wear shirts that honor Black culture, icons, and history as we walk in the footsteps of those who paved the way for us.

Join us for a day of exploration, reflection, and community. We can’t wait to hike with you!

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Kick off the new year on the right foot and experience the natural beauty of Sawnee Mountain Preserve as we embark on a hiking adventure along the Indian Seats Loop Trail. This 3.6-mile loop offers a moderate challenge with an elevation gain of 515 feet, making it perfect for novice and seasoned hikers. We'll explore diverse landscapes, enjoy stunning views, and connect with nature along the way.

Sawnee Mountain Preserve is a 47-minute drive from Atlanta. This makes it an ideal destination for a quick getaway to nature without spending too much time on the road.

Join us for a day of adventure and outdoor fun. We look forward to hiking with you!

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The greenway’s wide, gently meandering path varies in elevation as it curves through wildlife and waterfowl-filled wetlands over boardwalks and paved trails.

Length: 4.5 Miles | Elevation Gain: 413 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back | Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

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This hike packs in a ton of interest and natural beauty on its relatively short, beginner-friendly distance, and visits of the best views in all of Georgia’s State Parks.

Length: 5.8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 1,420 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Hard

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This BLK Women’s Hike will focus on engaging in conversations about some of Black women's experiences while honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month 🩷 and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month 💜.

Length: 3.8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 702 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate to Hard

Cloudland Canyon is easily one of the most scenic of Georgia’s State Parks. Stunning waterfalls, incredible long-range views, sheer canyon walls, and spectacular sunsets make the park one of our favorite hiking and camping destinations in our state.

Length: 5 Miles | Elevation Gain: 744 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate to Hard

Sprawling several thousand acres, the park is home to a handful of fantastic hiking and running trails that wind and meander over its gently rolling forests and beside Allatoona’s iron-rich shores.

Length: 5.3 Miles | Elevation Gain: 518 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate to Hard

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The greenway’s wide, gently meandering path varies in elevation as it curves through wildlife and waterfowl-filled wetlands over boardwalks and paved trails.

Length: 4.5 Miles | Elevation Gain: 413 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back | Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

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We’ll be hiking the 2.2-mile Stone Mountain Walk-Up Trail to a stunning mountaintop view of the Atlanta skyline, Stone Mountain Lake, and a beautiful sunset.

Length: 2.2 Miles | Elevation Gain: 675 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back | Difficulty: Moderate

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In addition to the wide variety of ornamental, international, and native gardens, and indoor conservatory, the Garden also offers an extensive set of scenic nature trails totaling over six miles.

Length: 3.5 Miles | Elevation Gain: 360 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate

It’s one of North Georgia’s favorite waterfall hikes, and for a good reason: this 8-mile adventure travels to a series of cascading falls set in a beautiful forest, framed by towering trees and mossy boulders. This adventure hikes to Panther Creek Falls, a series of broad, multi-tiered waterfalls that tumble into a deep pool on a sandy beach.

Length: 8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 711 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back | Difficulty: Hard

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These falls cascade 90-feet over Lookout Mountain ledge into a lush ravine. Home to Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge, the park features botanical garden, pioneer homestead and nature trails.

Length: 2.9 Miles | Elevation Gain: 370 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate

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Don Carter is the only state park on 38,000-acre Lake Lanier. Situated on the north end of the reservoir, the park offers outstanding recreation for water lovers as well as multi-use trails for hikers. This BLK Men’s Hike will focus on engaging in conversation about some of the experiences Black men face.

PLEASE BE MINDFUL THAT THIS HIKE IS FOR MEN ONLY!

Length: 3 Miles | Elevation Gain: 203 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back | Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

One of the most picturesque state parks in Georgia, Watson Mill Bridge contains the longest covered bridge in the state, spanning 229 feet across the South Fork River.

Length: 2.5 Miles | Elevation Gain: 232 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Easy to Moderate

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This Georgia State Park is a fantastic destination for hiking, too. The park’s 23 miles of trails and roads explore more than 5600 acres of scenic woodlands, rolling terrain, wildflower-covered meadows, and tumbling creeks.

Length: 6.4 Miles | Elevation Gain: 669 FT | Trail Type: Loop | Difficulty: Moderate to Hard

Chattahoochee Pointe is an approximately 100-acre park that borders the Chattahoochee River.

Length: 3.2 Miles | Elevation Gain: 36 FT | Trail Type: Loop

The Indian Seats Trail hikes over and around the sheer face of Sawnee Mountain, exploring breathtaking views of the distant rolling ridgeline of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Length: 3.6 Miles | Elevation Gain: 515 FT | Trail Type: Loop

This adventure to Georgia’s tallest summit follows a paved trail through a magnificent forest filled with mossy rock and twisted thickets of blooming native shrubs.

Length: 1.4 Miles | Elevation Gain: 426 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back

High Falls State Park is a popular warm-weather outdoor destination, well-loved for its glassy lake, broad spillway dam, and enormous multi-tiered waterfall.

Length: 4.1 Miles | Elevation Gain: 423 FT | Trail Type: Loop

The highlight of the park is a large, 260-acre lake with a meandering shoreline that’s shaded by pine and hardwood trees.

Length: 6 Miles | Elevation Gain: 360 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Ozora Lake is the centerpiece of Tribble Mill Park, offering fantastic fishing and boating just north of Atlanta.

Length: 2.8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 170 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Little Mulberry Park is one of Gwinnett County’s best-kept secrets. At over 890 acres, the park is home to over 14 miles of quiet trails, vast meadows, peaceful lakes, recreational opportunities, and scenic views.

Length: 2.4 Miles | Elevation Gain: 134 FT | Trail Type: Loop

With incredible views, steep drop-offs, and a moderately challenging but ultra-scenic climb to the summit, the Mount Yonah trail delivers one of North Georgia’s best and most popular hikes.

Length: 4.1 Miles | Elevation Gain: 1,453 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back

Cheaha State Park, which is located on the southernmost tip of the Appalachian Mountain chain, is the oldest park in Alabama and is considered by many to be one of the most unique parks in the nation.

Length: 4.9 Miles | Elevation Gain: 1,056 FT | Trail Type: Out & Back

Cloudland Canyon is easily one of the most scenic of Georgia’s State Parks. Stunning waterfalls, incredible long-range views, sheer canyon walls, and spectacular sunsets make the park one of our favorite hiking and camping destinations in our state.

Length: 4.7 Miles | Elevation Gain: 744 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Providence Canyon’s colorful, sculpted walls carve through a sandy, stream-filled landscape in the southwest corner of our state, near Columbus.

Length: 4.85 Miles | Elevation Gain: 232 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Tallulah Gorge State Park is one of Georgia’s most stunning and popular hiking destinations and indisputably one of the most scenic of Georgia’s State Parks.

Length: 1.8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 561 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Exploring a series of small, tumbling waterfalls in a rocky forest on the lower elevations of the infamous Blood Mountain the Bear Hair Gap trail is one of those classic North Georgia hikes that always seems to make for an excellent adventure.

Length: 4.1 Miles | Elevation Gain: 968 FT | Trail Type: Loop

The Island Ford trail packs in a ton of woodland beauty and scenic river views along its length, but with ample parking and some mid-forest serenity.

Length: 5.8 Miles | Elevation Gain: 626 FT | Trail Type: Loop

Along the trail, you can glimpse beautiful views of the lake, woodland, and river scenery, as well as rare wildflowers and a variety of wildlife.

Length: 3.3 Miles | Elevation Gain: 446 FT | Trail Type: Loop