THIRD Cinco de Mayo Hike: Morgan Falls Overlook Park (Beginners Welcome) - Thu, May 5 2022

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THIRD Cinco de Mayo Hike: Morgan Falls Overlook Park (Beginners Welcome)


The Basics:
Event Type:Hike
Event Location: Morgan Falls Park in Sandy Springs   Hike: THIRD Cinco de Mayo Hike: Morgan Falls Overlook Park (Beginners Welcome)  National Weather Service Forecast
Date(s) & Time:Thu, May 5 2022  12:30 pm >> Thu, May 5 2022 1:45 pm
Registration Opens: Mon, Apr 25 2022 6:04 pm
Registration Cut Off: Thu, May 5 2022 12:30 pm
Event Duration:1 Hours 15 Minutes
Difficulty Rating:D1: Easy
Distance:2.5 Miles
Pace:Moderate
Trip Leader(s):
Joyce T.
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Member Cost:None

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:12
Minimum Group Size:4
Number Registered So Far: 15 / 0 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
Are Dogs Permitted: Yes

Itinerary:

Here's our 3rd hike in honor of Cinco de Mayo.  Join us on one of them, two of them, or even all of them if you can!  Wear bright colors (Mexico's colors are dark green, red, and white)  and get into the spirit of the day!  We'll take a break between hikes 3 and 4 to have a Mexican lunch at Tijuana Joe's on Roswell Road (Sandy Springs). Lunch will take place around 2 pm.  Join us after this hike, if you can.  

This hike will be an before-lunch leg-stretcher at a park just minutes from Tijuana Joe's on Roswell Road, where the group will have gathered for lunch.  If you would like to join us for lunch before this hike, we'll be meeting there at 2 pm.

We will NOT be parking in the Morgan Falls lot because it tends to be full with parents taking their kids to the playground and the paddle-board rental facility in the main lot.  Instead, turn LEFT at the dead end and drive down the road to the lot by the Morgan Falls Dam and the dog park.

There are bathroom facilities at this location and NO parking fees.

Morgan Falls Park provides some scenic overlooks of  the Bull Sluice Lake, which is a small reservoir of the Chattahoochee River, including a chance to see Gold Branch from the Morgan Falls Dam side of the lake.   After hiking the one-mile trail across the "mountain,"  we'll do a turn-around and hike back over the mountain trail before returning to our cars.

Please be prompt.  The hike starts at 12:30 pm!


Required Items to Bring:

Water

Hiking shoes

Recommended Items to Bring:
Use our Event Checklists to make sure you have everything you need.

Insect repellant and sunscreen

Poles are recommended


How to Get There:
Event Directions:

Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Plant

380 Morgan Falls Rd, Dunwoody, GA 30350

33.97050, -84.37977400. 

Put Morgan Falls Hydro Plant in your GPS.  It should take you to the dam parking lot


 From 285
- Go NORTH on GA-400 1 1/2 miles to exit 5B (Sandy Springs).
- Go west 1.3 miles on Abernathy Rd. to Roswell Rd.
- Turn right onto Roswell Rd. and go north 2.2 miles.
- Turn left at the traffic light (Morgan Falls Road - - past the North Fulton County Government Service Center Building) and drive down the road to the dead end.  Turn, LEFT, drive down the road past the electrical plant and park in the lot across from the dog park.

Going SOUTH on GA-400 
- Take Exit 5 onto Abernathy Rd.
- Turn right onto Abernathy and follow from above.




Notes:

Parking is free!

Bathroom available.


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