Stone Mountain Park

Stone Mountain Park is a vast, multi-use outdoor recreation and attractions park that offers filmmakers an unusually wide range of natural environments and activity-driven settings within a single, controlled property. Spanning more than 3,000 acres, the park provides productions with lakes, wooded trails, open green space, and family-oriented amenities that can double for a variety of regional and national park looks.

Beyond the iconic mountain itself, the park’s most film-friendly assets are its diverse outdoor experiences. A large scenic lake anchors much of the property, featuring calm water, shoreline paths, docks, and surrounding greenery. The lake area works especially well for kayaking scenes, paddle activities, reflective waterfront moments, or wide, peaceful establishing shots. Kayaks and paddlecraft are a visible and authentic part of park activity, allowing productions to capture outdoor recreation without heavy staging.

The park also includes miles of hiking and walking trails that wind through wooded areas, rolling terrain, and natural landscapes. These trails can read as state park, regional trail system, or wilderness-adjacent environments, depending on framing. The tree cover and varied topography provide visual separation from urban surroundings, making the park feel remote despite its proximity to metro Atlanta.

Additional amenities expand the park’s versatility for storytelling. Open picnic areas, grassy lawns, and gathering spaces support family scenes, community events, or leisure-driven moments. Seasonal attractions, pedestrian paths, bridges, and landscaped areas allow productions to suggest tourism, vacation settings, or everyday outdoor life. The scale of the park makes it possible to move between very different looks—waterfront, forested, open lawn—without leaving the property.

From a production standpoint, Stone Mountain Park’s size allows for flexibility in logistics, staging, and crew movement while still maintaining visual variety. The park consistently reads as an active, well-used public recreation space rather than a single-purpose attraction.

Production highlights:

• Large recreational park with multiple distinct outdoor environments
• Scenic lake suitable for kayaking, paddle scenes, and waterfront shots
• Extensive hiking and walking trails through wooded landscapes
• Open lawns and picnic areas for family or community scenes
• Natural settings that can double for regional or state parks
• Strong seasonal variation in foliage and light
• Located in DeKalb County with convenient access to metro Atlanta production resources

Stone Mountain Park offers location scouts a highly flexible, outdoor-focused filming environment—ideal for productions seeking nature, recreation, and a wide range of activity-based visuals within one expansive, production-ready location.