Hike and Swim at Red Top Mountain
Acworth, Georgia
Details
Distance
4.74 miles
Elevation Gain
472 ft
Route Type
Loop
Description
Added by Jeremy Cournyea
Head north on Homestead Trail and don't stop. The hidden swimming hole awaits!
The Georgia summer is no joke. Fortunately, Red Top Mountain's Homestead Trail hosts enough shade and swimming for all adventurers.
The 5.5 mile loop is located on a large peninsula stretching out into Lake Allatoona. Hikers enter a lush forest of wildlife and will encounter moderate elevation changes. Red Top Mountain gets it's name from the high concentration on iron ore in the soil. The natural rusting provides beautiful color contrast to photographers and enthusiasts.
The more daring can venture off trail at the northern most point of the loop and find a large swimming hole. Its a great place for a refreshing dip or picnic before completing the loop.
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Hike and Swim at Red Top Mountain Reviews
This is a great trail that is pretty close to Atlanta and has multiple beautiful views of Lake Allatoona. I recommend camping at the park and getting an early start to catch some epic sunrise views over the water. There is nothing like the calmness of the water in the morning with the sun intensely reflecting on it. The difficulty of this hike is fairly easy because there is not much elevation gain. If you do not hike too often, the distance could definitely still wear you out. Plenty of cool spots to take a break, so definitely doable by most.
4.0
Red top is beautiful. Being around lake Allatoona there is plenty of places to fish. There are four different trails ranging from .75 to 5.5 miles. The longest one, the homestead trail takes you to the top. I love hiking here.
5.0
One of the best hikes I've done in GA! It provided a decent workout and the lake was picturesque. Plenty of inlets to the lake as well. I went at 10am on a Sunday and it was fairly crowded. By the time I finished it was really packed in the parking lot. Do it!
5.0
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