Mason Mill-Lullwater-Hahn Park Round Trip

Join us for a hike in DeKalb County’s wonderful Mason Mill-Lullwater-Hahn Park complex, with an Ira Melton Park rock-hopping excursion thrown in as well. 

Meet at the playground-rest room parking area of Mason Mill Park.  Please arrive early for introductions as we will leave at 10am sharp.  Parking is free and bathrooms are here.

As Mason Mill's website (see link below) says:

Mason Mill Park contains a 120-acre forest with a network of some of the nicest hiking and biking trails in the county. The South Peachtree Creek Trail is a multi-use boardwalk and paved route that connects Mason Mill Park, Medlock Park, the Leafmore neighborhood, and Emory University. A network of soft surface trails also provides miles of hiking opportunities within Mason Mill, Ira B. Melton, and Medlock Parks. The forest is also the location of the old Decatur Waterworks, which is on the National Historic Registry.

We begin down the Woodland Cove trail, going under the tracks and passing through the water works to the creek, then crossing it on boulders and into Ira Melton park.  Taking the short loop there we will hop back across the creek and head into Lullwater Park by crossing beneath Clairmont Road, pass the waterfall and proceed down the left side of South Peachtree Creek to Hahn Park at Houston Mill Road, do the short loop there and return the same way to the falls.

Then we circle Candler Lake and return to the parking spot via a trail that goes beside the boardwalk/paved walkway. 

Our pace will be about 2.5 mph.  Much of the hike is along the creeks and consequently relatively flat but there are some hills including two of a steady 100’ climb. 

Be sure you can handle the boulder-hopping; hiking sticks might help you there. 

Optional lunch afterward at a local brewpub.

1340 McConnell Dr, Decatur, GA 30033

McConnell Drive is off of Clairmont Road between the VA Hospital and North Druid Hills Road, at a traffic light with a sign saying Mason Mill Park and also Avis G Williams Library.  Turn down there and follow signs. 

You can get to Clairmont Road from Atlanta via Ponce de Leon/Scott Boulevard to Clairmont Road and turn left (north) or via the I-85 exit where you will head south.

Or from from the East you can take I-285 to the Decatur/US78 exit, turn right on North Druid Hills Road and follow that to Clairmont Road where you turn left at the light, then go to the light for McConnell Drive. 

Meet us by the bathrooms in front of the children's playground.

Link to Mason Mill Park info; this is some good reading: - https://www.dekalbcountyga.gov/parks/mason-mill-park

Lullwater Park is also an interesting and historic area and here's a link for background info - https://www.atlantatrails.com/hiking-trails/lullwater-walking-running-trails-emory-university-atlanta/