I photographed the Cherokee Trail through Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012. The Cherokee Trail is a six mile loop that winds around Stone Mountain. These are some of my favorite images.
Mushrooms grow along the trunk of a fallen tree on the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Mushrooms grow along the trunk of a fallen tree on the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A crack in Stone Mountain along the Cherokee Trail on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Part of the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park cuts across the face of the mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Patches of cactus lay along the face of Stone Mountain along the Cherokee Trail on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Pine cones hang from wind stunted trees along the face of Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park cuts across part of the slope of the mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Granite slabs lay strewn across the face of Stone Mountain along the Cherokee Trail on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The Cherokee Trail crosses over the railroad tracks that circle Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A tree lays along the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
One leaf brings color to many as it floats on top of the lake at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A view of Stone Mountain from the Cherokee Trail on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Couples' initials carved into one of the trees along the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A canoe drifts across the lake at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A fallen tree juts into the lake at Stone Mountain Park along the Cherokee Trail on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A view of the grist mill along the Cherokee Trail at Stone Mountain Park on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The water wheel attached to the grist mill at Stone Mountain Park spins on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The water channel leading to the grist mill at Stone Mountain Park lays empty on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The water channel leading to the grist mill at Stone Mountain Park lays empty on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A fallen tree and boulders of granite lean against the base of Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
A tree grows along the ridge of Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
The base of Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Moss grows on rocks that mark one of the runoff channels at the base of Stone Mountain on Thursday, February 9, 2012.