Burn off your Thanksgiving meal at Kennesaw Mountain

Skip the gym and join the AOC for a Saturday morning scenic D4 level hike at Kennesaw Mountain. This is a fitness hike to help you burn off some of your Thanksgiving meal and to enjoy the company of other AOC members.

Meeting time is 7:45am. We will start our hike at 8am after we finish our round of introductions/instructions for the hike.

We'll start our hike on a side trail off Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta that leads up to the visitor Center. (About 0.8 mile hike) From there, we'll hike up Big Kennesaw, Little Kennesaw and Pigeon Hill to our turnaround point at Burnt Hickory Road. We will stop at the turnaround point for a 10-15 minute snack/water break at the park bench area.

Following our break, we'll return over the same trail system together.  The pace is 2.5 to 3.0 -- this is NOT a super fast hike. If you want a lot of speed, then this is not the hike for you.

This hike is not for beginners and you must have at least D3 experience to join us. There are a lot of technical details to this hike, and you need endurance to go up the many hills. (This hike has an elevation gain of 1,800 feet.)

After we hike, you are invited for an optional stop at a nearby restaurant called "Basecamp: Pancakes & Provisions."

Note -- the parking spot for this event is not a traditonal location for AOC hikes -- so be aware! See details in direction section of this post for more information.

We'll meet at the parking lot at Mulkey Enterprises in Marietta. Location is 904 Kennesaw Ave NW, Marietta, GA 30060. This is a private business parking lot that is free to use on the weekends. No parking at this spot on Monday-Friday during normal business hours.