Stone Mountain State Park (of North Carolina) is one of the gems in the state park system. Considered part of the foothills, it borders the Blue Ridge Parkway and Doughton Park, nice neighbors to have. The namesake is a monolithic, 600 foot, granite dome. You wonder why the park is called such as you enter and drive around. It is not very visible from any of the roads. However, it is quite impressive when you do encounter it. Besides the dome, there are rushing streams, incredible waterfalls and water slides. It is hard to walk anywhere in the vicinity of Stone Mountain and not be awed by something.
Today's hike was roughly 10-12 miles with a little off trail side excursion to better view a waterfall. There was lots of up and down, all over and around Wolf Rock.
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