{"id":852,"date":"2020-03-16T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T03:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=852"},"modified":"2020-03-16T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T03:04:08","slug":"amicalola-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=852","title":{"rendered":"Amicalola Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We visited Amicaclola in March and Appalachian Trail thru-hikers were definitely beginning their treks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full &#8220;height&#8221; of Amicalola is actually a series of cascades.   The view from the top isn&#8217;t all that great (unless you&#8217;re admiring the views of North Georgia).   The falls are better seen from below.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9918-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Amicalola Falls approach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several trails in the State Park.  Most of them surround the falls and connect them to the visitor center (below) and the lodge (above).   There is also the Appalachian Trail approach trail which connects to Springer Mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_9921-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Looking down from the middle of Amicaclola Falls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s right around 600 stairs from the top of the falls to the reflecting pool \/ trout pond at the bottom.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited Amicaclola in March and Appalachian Trail thru-hikers were definitely beginning their treks. The full &#8220;height&#8221; of Amicalola is actually a series of cascades. The view from the top isn&#8217;t all that great (unless you&#8217;re admiring the views of North Georgia). The falls are better seen from below. There are several trails in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/?p=852\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amicalola Falls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-waterfalls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852\/revisions\/855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrfs.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}