Explore ATL: May Hiking Edition
- May 26, 2016
- 2 min read
As a girl who grew up half my life in Southern California, with amazing hiking trails wherever you go, I have always been drawn to the outdoors. My favorite days consist of waking up early with a friend, packing a lunch, and heading to our destination to sweat, laugh, and see how beautiful the world is around us. If you're a local ATLien looking for some places to go that aren't incredibly far away, look no further, Culture Collective has got your back on this one!
First, having these things usually make my hike better:
Snacks
Because we’re humans and function off of energy, therefore, we need food!
Music
Because adding music to pretty much anything makes it better.
Check out my favorite jams from this month here!
A Blunt
Because what better way to enjoy mother nature than to smoke it?
Bathing suit
Because you never know if you’ll find a cool body of water, or just get unbearably hot!
Towel
Because you want to be dry in addition to having something to lay on the ground if you feel like taking a chill break.
HYDRATION
Because you’ll probably end up in the hospital without it.
Now once the bag is packed it’s ready to hit the road. For the month of May, Culture Collective explored a spot roughly an hour and a half north of downtown. We went to the Sawnee Mountain Nature Preserve, and hiked to the highest peak of the mountain. The trail we followed is dubbed The Indian Seats Trail, due to the two naturally carved out pieces of stone, resembling seats, overlooking the land.
The hike up is quite beautiful, with a four mile winding trail through dense forest and wildlife. Overall, the trail is not incredibly difficult, although the one complaint I had was tripping over tiny tree stumps and rocks the whole time. At one point going down hill, I had gained so much speed and tripped over the tiniest stump that I almost face planted, which might have been horrendous, or hilarious, depending on who you ask. Needless to say, after stubbing my toes so many times on the trail they kinda hurt when we got down the mountain. The only other downsides to this trail is that there is not a body of water, and pets are not allowed on the trails. Those are two of my favorite things about hiking, so for some, that's a deal breaker. But, if you look past those rules, the view is beautiful and worth the drive and your time, I promise!
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