Homestead & White Tail Trails at Red Top Mountain State Park - Fri, Feb 16 2024

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Homestead & White Tail Trails at Red Top Mountain State Park


The Basics:
Event Type:Hike
Event Location: Visitors Center Parking Lot   Hike: Homestead & White Tail Trails at Red Top Mountain State Park  National Weather Service Forecast
Date(s) & Time:Fri, Feb 16 2024  10:00 am >> Fri, Feb 16 2024 12:00 pm
Registration Opens: Tue, Feb 13 2024 7:00 pm
Registration Cut Off: Fri, Feb 16 2024 7:00 am
Event Duration:2 Hours
Difficulty Rating:D2: Easy to Moderate
Distance:5.25 Miles
Pace:Moderate
Trip Leader(s):
Mike C
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Member Cost:None

Participant Info:
Who's Invited: Members Only, 21 And Older Only
Maximum Group Size:15
Minimum Group Size:2
Number Registered So Far: 10 / 0 (To see who's signed up, log in to the Member Area)
Are Dogs Permitted: No

Itinerary:

 Hike Plan:  We will meet at the Park Visitor Center, on Lodge Rd SE with restrooms.After introductions at the Visitor Center, we will follow the Homestead Trail toward the lake until Homestead Trail spits. We will than follow it in a clockwise direction until meeting the split again. As we pass the White Tail Trail on the way back to the parking lot, we will turn left and take the White Tail Trail. We will follow the White Trail until it dead ends and return the same way until we get to the parking lot.

 

 


Required Items to Bring:

Hiking shoes and water 

Recommended Items to Bring:
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Hiking pole or poles and a snack


How to Get There:
Event Directions:
From the I-75/ I-285 Interchange in NW metro Atlanta:

1.  Take I-75 North about 25 miles (beyond Marietta and Woodstock) to Exit #285,  "Red Top Mountain Road."
 
2.  Exit I-75 to your right, turn right onto Red Top Mtn Road, and drive about 1.9 miles to the State Park Visitor Center/ Trading Post on your left.  GPS users can enter "659 Red Top Mtn Rd" as your destination address.  
 

This is the Visitor Center on Lodge Rd not Red Top Mt Rd.

50 Lodge Road SE
Acworth, GA 30102

 

PARKING PASSES:  Each driver is responsible for paying the $5 per vehicle per day self-service State Park parking fee (or displaying instead from your rear-view mirror a valid annual GA-DNR parking pass - available for sale at the park Visitor Center).

Notes:

 


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