Listed at 4.5 miles, the trail goes up over 700 feet in elevation and over the top of the stone-faced mountain, peaking at the summit of 2,305 feet, and is marked strenuous.

Stone Mountain Park in Georgia. Getty "This is the first time, in my knowledge, that something like this has happened, finding a body on top of the mountain," he said.

On Friday, the longest day of the year in metro Atlanta, a man did pushups at the top of Stone Mountain. He and perhaps 50 others saw the sun setting and summer approaching.

The badly burned body of a young man was found at Georgia’s Stone Mountain State Park on Saturday morning, and authorities later said he died by suicide.

Authorities have determined the cause of death for a man whose scorched remains were found on a mountain in Georgia, according to multiple outlets. A hiker found the man's burnt body on Stone ...

He described the location of the discovery as the side of the mountain opposite its walking trail and about 100 or more yards from a tower for its Summit Skyride, a Swiss cable car line to the top.

The Brief. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a man whose body was found burned near the top of Stone Mountain.

The man's remains were found "burned severely" in the Stone Mountain Park. advertisement. ... FOX 5 Atlanta/YouTube A police vehicle on top of Stone Mountain in Georgia on May 31, 2025.