Susan and I stopped at the isolated Daniels Bridge Road free parking area before moving to the more popular and more secure Alexander Lake $5 per day parking area on Flat Bridge Road.
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| Daniels Bridge Road parking area |
I'd recommend paying the $5. The Alexander Lake area is patrolled even on weekends.
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| Me and Susan before the ride from the Alexander Lake parking area |
The trails were not crowded in fact there were very few people using them on the sunny Saturday that we were there. We saw no runners or walkers. From what I heard later much of the trails are new and the word probably hasn't gotten out to the fitness community.
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| The trails winding up a hill |
Two things that you notice immediately is the 1) Panola Mountain is in the flight path for aircraft arriving at Atlanta Hartfield-Jackson Airport, and 2) the trails are either going up or going down.
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| One of many aircraft over Panola Mountain |
The approximate fourteen foot wide trails have the occasional bench and this monument to Marley and Ramon Castro.
The end of the trail we rode had a small park and parking area.
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| South Rockdale parking area |
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| Rules of the trail |
There's lots of pretty scenery along the way with a small bridge here and there. The South River can just be seen at times through the thick trees.
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| The view from one of the bridges |
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| We ran into our friend Joel on our return to the trail head |
See more of my pictures from the new Panola Mountain State Park trails
here.
Thanks for reading.
