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Photo by Savannah Schmidt
Hikers watch the sunrise from King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers descend the path to King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers stand on King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers climb the path to King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers stand on King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers look at the sunrise from King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers sit on King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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The path to King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers sit on King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
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Hikers descend the path to King's Chair overlook in Oak Mountain State Park in Alabama on the annual New Year's Day sunrise hike.
On New Year’s Day, hikers followed guides Anna Ruth Davis and Zach Andrews up the Oak Mountain Trail to the overlook at King’s Chair. Since the hike started in the dark at 5:30 a.m., the participants used headlamps and careful footing to navigate the terrain. When the group reached the top of the trail just before 6:50 a.m., they watched the sun rise over the horizon. For their effort, the hikers were rewarded with a stunning sunrise in peaceful silence to welcome the new year.
