40th Stone Mountain Highland games Oct 20 2012

[tripleblessed]

For those of you unfamiliar with the park, and planning to drive, a quick note for your sanity. The map which is linked from this thread is for some unknown and relatively inexplicable reason totally reversed. Note the compass rose in the upper left corner - north is down, south up; east is left and west right. The Stone Mountain Freeway, Highway 78 shown at the bottom, runs above, north of the mountain. The meadow is between the main entrance off 78 and the West Gate. Coming in the main gate, Jefferson Davis Drive t-bones Robert E. Lee Boulevard, bear right. It will become obvious where to turn right to park and enter the Games. The Meadow is north of the mountain. If you pull up the park on Google maps, you can see it correctly. If you're familiar with the area, you may find smoother sailing entering at the West Gate.

[Thomas H]

For those of you unfamiliar with the park, and planning to drive, a quick note for your sanity. The map which is linked from this thread is for some unknown and relatively inexplicable reason totally reversed. Note the compass rose in the upper left corner - north is down, south up; east is left and west right. The Stone Mountain Freeway, Highway 78 shown at the bottom, runs above, north of the mountain. The meadow is between the main entrance off 78 and the West Gate. Coming in the main gate, Jefferson Davis Drive t-bones Robert E. Lee Boulevard, bear right. It will become obvious where to turn right to park and enter the Games. The Meadow is north of the mountain. If you pull up the park on Google maps, you can see it correctly. If you're familiar with the area, you may find smoother sailing entering at the West Gate.

It is the map from the web site , they put it on there like that , I would think they did it to
show the front of the park . but yes once any one gets into the park the signs will tell
them where to go . it is not hard just roll your window down and listen for bagpipes . lol
-Key is to get there early and not to wait until 3.00Pm to show up . then the traffic is bad .

[tripleblessed]

Apologies if needed, Thomas. Was not impugning your linking or choosing abilities, just hoping to be of service.
I believe the original of that map was provided by the park authority, but it has never made sense to me to have
drawn it that way. Of course, in this time of navigation systems in cars, some might never learn enough about
maps to realize the difference from convention.

[Dixiecat]

Looks like I'll be in attendance at the Games this year. Not sure about plans for Friday night, still need to check with my host.