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Charleston Park Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateLoop
Buford Dam - Lake Sidney Lanier — Charleston/Georgia

Charleston Park Trail

Cumming, Georgia

5.7 mi

Distance

932 ft

Elev. Gain

2h 7m

Est. Time

Loop

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Charleston Park Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

Local Government Agency manages this trail and is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:334 ft
Max:373 ft
Gain:284 ft
Loss:284 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 334 ft and 373 ft across 5.7 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.334 ft347 ft360 ft373 ft0.0 mi1.4 mi2.8 mi4.3 mi5.7 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi343 ft
High point3.2 mi373 ft
End5.7 mi343 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

Managed by Local Government Agency

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Cumming, GA · about 4 mi away
County:
Forsyth County, GA
Jurisdiction:
Buford Dam - Lake Sidney Lanier — Charleston · Local Government Agency

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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