When you reach the golf course, keep left to return to Robert E. Lee Blvd. For hikers and off-road runners, there are any number of trails to explore, or you can climb the mountain itself. The western slope, near the Memorial Drive entrance, is accessible to climbers, and every Easter morning hundreds make the trek at dawn for sunrise services. You'll see lots of tots in strollers and Beamers in the parking lots. Columns Drive itself can be combined for an 8-miler.
Hours are from dawn to dusk.