Stone Mountain's winter playground was so great last year that we had to go again!
Here is Stone Mountain's Snow Mountain as seen from the cable car. If you've ever been to Stone Mountain in the summer, the sledding hill is the sloped lawn where you watch the nighttime laser show. Across the railroad tracks (at the bottom of the photo) is the tot sledding hill and the snow play area.
I didn't take a camera and my iPhone doesn't do a great job on an overcast winter's day, but my guys cheerfully reenacted their sled runs for me.
Fun in the snow...
Molding snow bricks and throwing snowballs at targets kept Eli busy for quite a while. He worked up an appetite too. S'mores! (How could we resist? The campfire area with its smoky, yummy smells is right next to the snow field.)
And we decorated holiday cookies too. From November 9 through January first, Stone Mountain offers Christmas events and the village is decorated for the season. It was fun to soak up a few more light displays, watch a 4D version of The Polar Express, etc.
Many thanks to Eli's grandparents, who bought us all annual season passes to Stone Mountain. We plan to go back sledding soon, but those passes mean fun all year. Eli and I got passes when we first moved back to Georgia and it was great to always have an inexpensive day trip with lots to do. Pack a picnic and off you go! (The eateries in the park are somewhat pricy but there are more healthy choices than most kid venues.) Eli loves mini golf, the real train ride around the mountain, the cable car, the Great Barn (trampoline, foam ball canon, and game area), etc. In the hot weather, Eli loves the village's wading creek and also Geyser Towers, a multi-story play area with slides, fountains, and sprinklers. This year we're excited because he's now 44 inches tall and can try out the SkyHike treetop adventure course. And there are many other things we didn't get to last year -- plantation, grist mill, history displays, hiking up the mountain, Ride the Ducks, etc.
I know I sound like a commercial, but we really do love Stone Mountain. I have happy memories of visiting as a kid and now I get to share it with my family. Aside from there simply being so much to do, I think my favorite thing about it is that it is easy to spend almost all day being active outside together.
Click HERE for my post last year about Snow Mountain. (Scroll down for more about how it works and some practical tips about what to bring.)
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