Hiking Atlanta: 6 Trails That Prove the Georgia is More Than Just Sweet Tea and Nightmare Traffic
Atlanta isn’t just traffic and skyscrapers. Just outside the city, you’ll find some of the best hiking in Georgia. Climb Stone Mountain, explore Tallulah Gorge, and step onto the Appalachian Trail. This is the wild side of the South.
I used to live in Atlanta, a city where everyone hates the traffic, but few will vote for modern public transport. For a city, it's pretty green. Atlanta is a city that loves to surprise people. It has excellent food, music, film industry, and history that still guides its culture and the way people are today. What most visitors don't realize is that this city and its surrounding areas offer some of the best hiking in the Southeast. You don't have to drive all the way to the Blue Ridge Mountains to get a good dose of fresh air, either. Within an hour or two from the city, you'll find trails that take you up giant granite peaks, through deep river gorges, and across battlefields that shaped American history and behavior patterns today.
