With my wife sick and having just spent the night at the Len Foote Hike Inn, I was anxious to get back home, but I wanted to check out a very short trail to the bottom of Amicalola Falls before departing the park. When I was here a couple of years ago, this trail was shut off for construction. Today, that's not the case and I want to see what kind of view it offers of the tallest water fall in Georgia.
Driving down from the upper parking lot near the top of the falls, I follow the main road past the visitors center and park again at the northern end towards the bottom of the waterfall. The trail is paved, but climbs a steep grade up the eastern ridge towards the waterfall. There three or four places with benches for people to rest as they make the climb. Being in a hurry, I don't rest and continue upwards. I'm breathing a bit hard when I reach the best spot for a picture of the mighty waterfall. I snap a couple and then head back the way I came. This little detour only cost me about fifteen minutes and it was worth it.
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