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{"slug":"2026-10-02-stone-mountain-cherokee","url":"https://hikealongtours.com/hikes/2026-10-02-stone-mountain-cherokee/","date":"2026-10-02","trail":{"slug":"stone-mountain-cherokee","name":"Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain"},"distance_m":15442.9,"gain_m":148.5,"moving_time_s":12039,"sunrise_local":"2026-10-02T07:31:57-04:00","sunrise_azimuth_deg":93.9,"sky":"overcast","sky_cover_pct":100,"cloud_low_pct":100,"cloud_mid_pct":1,"cloud_high_pct":0,"temp_c":20.1,"has_photo":true,"drawn":false,"hero":"/_astro/sunrise-01.BSPystMX_1GrVxl.webp","hero_alt":"An unbroken gray overcast over Stone Mountain Lake four minutes before sunrise, a wooded island and the far shore in full green, the still water holding the gray sky and the trees, the shallows clear in front","map":"/_astro/map.CPZ62Z8n.svg","color_index":10.4,"sun_azimuth_deg":null,"conditions":null,"other_years":["2024-10-05-stone-mountain-cherokee","2025-10-04-stone-mountain-cherokee"],"closest_weather":"2026-10-11-stone-mountain-cherokee","closest_sky":"2025-05-17-stone-mountain-cherokee","palette":["#b8bdc8","#c8cdd8","#9298a1","#d4d9e4","#e2e6ef"]},
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{"slug":"2026-10-11-stone-mountain-cherokee","url":"https://hikealongtours.com/hikes/2026-10-11-stone-mountain-cherokee/","date":"2026-10-11","trail":{"slug":"stone-mountain-cherokee","name":"Cherokee Trail, Stone Mountain"},"distance_m":12806.4,"gain_m":116.4,"moving_time_s":10614,"sunrise_local":"2026-10-11T07:38:38-04:00","sunrise_azimuth_deg":98.1,"sky":"overcast","sky_cover_pct":100,"cloud_low_pct":100,"cloud_mid_pct":1,"cloud_high_pct":0,"temp_c":16.1,"has_photo":true,"drawn":false,"hero":"/_astro/sunrise-01.BsSfGqXl_Z3cL2c.webp","hero_alt":"Low gray cloud over the lake at sunrise, a thin band of yellow at the horizon on the right, and the wooded far shore across rippled water.","map":"/_astro/map.CqqdKhKx.svg","color_index":26.7,"sun_azimuth_deg":null,"conditions":[{"text":"Some stretches of trail flooded, nothing extreme.","inferred":false},{"text":"Streams that are normally dry are running, and the Venable Lake outlet is fast.","inferred":false},{"text":"A couple of trees down. A big one across Loop Road by the Venable Lake entrance had the area closed off while crews cleared it.","inferred":false}],"other_years":["2024-10-12-stone-mountain-cherokee","2025-10-11-stone-mountain-cherokee"],"closest_weather":"2026-10-02-stone-mountain-cherokee","closest_sky":"2025-08-09-stone-mountain-cherokee","palette":["#94a2bf","#9eaecb","#a9b9d5","#76839a","#bdcae2"]}
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