We drove north to the Pine Mountain Recreation Area in Cartersville. The PMRA is immediately off Exit 290 on I-75. You get off exit, turn right and the road comes to a complete dead-end. Curve around onto the gravel road that goes toward the Komatsu plant. Go 100 yards on the gravel road, and you will see the parking area and trail head to the left.
The hike is steep with a lot of switchbacks. Larsen, of course, runs across the switchbacks and then waits patiently on the higher part of the trail as I walk down one end, turn, and come back toward him on the other.
At the top, where the East and West Loop trails intersect is an overlook to the Allatoona Marina. You can also see Georgia Power's Plant Bowen -- a huge 3.2 GW coal fired generating plant -- off to the west, and Kennesaw Mountain to the southwest. On a clear day, you can see the buildings in the Perimeter Area, Midtown, and Downtown, and Stone Mountain to the southeast.
On a clear day, that is. We went on cool and overcast day, figuring to squeeze one more hike out of the area before the weather made it too hot to enjoy.
Larsen poses on the West Loop trail on the way back to the car.
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