Amicalola Falls State Park

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• Jan
  Aug 15, 2023
  Beautiful falls

  After reading other reviews about the steps and metal spike-like gratings, we decided to drive to the upper parking area and walked the east access trail (West Ridge Falls Access). Short and easy walk to a beautiful view of the falls. There is a metal “spike” grate on the bridge overlooking the falls but our dog did ok with it. If your dog is used to wearing booties, that would solve problems with much of the surfaces if doing the long trail. At the Top of Falls parking area there’s a little picnic area and an overlook of the falls.

• Michael
  Sep 1, 2022
  Beautiful scenery and great exercise

  Amazing views of the mountains and nature. Stairs from the top of the fall to get down for a better view of the falls. Dogs need to be fit to get up (had to carry the one pup going up), but it is breathtaking

• Gillian
  Mar 7, 2022
  Great Location, Hard on Pups

  We took our Puppy Pato here. He LOVES hikes. He usually still has so much energy at the end of our hikes. He still made it through this hike, all the way up and down, but he was VERY tired afterwards and the morning after I can tell he is still a little tired and sore. The majority of the hike is up steep steps with metal grating, which was rough on his feet. We saw lots of pups having to be carried up and down. We had a great time, just be careful if you don’t have an active dog, or a dog with tiny feet!

• Lynne
  Dec 23, 2021
  Nice hike

  Perfect for moderate hiking and our Charlie loved it! FYI the stairs are very steep and metal grating. If you have a small-medium pup, you may need to carry him and some people didn’t leash their large dogs. We took an alternate more peaceful trail up which was more enjoyable for all of us. Nice gift shop with bathrooms too.

• Robin
  Jul 16, 2021
  Things to know

  We hiked to the Amicalola Falls with our 11 and 7 year old terriers, my sister brought her 9 year old Shiloh Shepard. The hike was much more strenuous than we’d read and it’s further than 1 mile for sure. You’re going over lots of rocks and gnarly tree roots and some high steps. They say you can take the stairs but the stairs are grated so none of us could take our dogs down the stairs going back . Our dogs did ok but I think there are lots of other hiking alternatives in the area- I’d personally avoid this one.

• Kathy
  Sep 14, 2020
  Beautiful scenic views and great paths

  We took our 14 year old dog with us to Amicalola Falls state park. We all had a great time

• Judi
  More than a year ago
  Hike along waterfall

  My dogs had a great time at this park. Staff were friendly to the dogs. The hiking was great, strenuous. We got a good workout. Stairs were a bit scary for the dogs , but they handled it. No swimming.

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