The rock pile is about 20 feet in diameter with the rocks piled about 2-foot high in a circle with several large boulders in the center. The old roads make easy hiking throughout the area. The Forest Service brochure calls the 'rock pile' granite rocks but they are not granite and the mountain is not granite. The mileages have been corrected from my odometer and they are different then what is in the FS brochure. Maps are also available at the registration box about 100 yards into the trail.
Water runoff can become a torrent in some of the small streams and shut-in areas.
Timber rattlers and copperheads can be found in the area.