Austell, Georgia Travel Information

Historic Marietta Nineteenth-century Marietta became a resort. Its mild summers at 1,100 feet above sea level attracted planters escaping from the coastal heat and malarial swamps. After the Civil War Northerners joine... Marietta, GA

Kennesaw National Battlefield Park This park, a unit of the National Park Service, has the third-highest number of visitors to any historic site in the United States. In 1998, 1.2 million visitors from all fifty states and many foreign... Kennesaw, GA

Love Squared: Marietta Square Spend an enchanted weekend together discovering the delicious attractions around what we consider to be the handsomest town square in Georgia (outside Savannah). Glover Park is the centerpiece of the ... Marietta, GA

Outdoor Activity Center - Atlanta The center, Atlanta’s forest in the city, sits on twenty-six heavily forested acres and has 3 1/2 miles of hiking trails. The center has operated for the past twenty-five years. Before visitors tour t... Atlanta, GA

Sherman Meets the Atlanta Suburbs around Marietta and Douglasville, Georgia Since 1968 the picturesque rapids of Sweetwater Creek and the adjacent hardwood and piney woodlands have been the heart of Sweetwater CreekConservation Park, a peaceful day-use state park. A short dri... Marietta, GA

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Silver Comet Trail: Floyd Road to Florence Road (Distance: 3.6 mi) This path is the Silver Comet Trail’s continuation west from Floyd Road. Along this section’s 7.3-mile route (one way), the trail passes through a railroad cut, over a trestle bridge with a panoramic ...

Mableton and Powder Springs, GA - Hiking - length:7.3 mi

Sweetwater Creek: Sweetwater Creek State Park to Riverside Parkway (Distance: 3.8 mi) Sweetwater Creek is a shady, scenic little stream that drains the corner of Douglas County in suburban Atlanta before emptying into the Chattahoochee River. The creek meanders peacefully between 4-foo...

Lithia Springs, GA - Whitewater Paddling - length:4.1 mi

Sweetwater Creek State Park (Distance: 3.9 mi) The lake at Sweetwater Creek is large and fairly deep; it attracts more divers than most shallower lakes and usually has at least several duck species all winter. Good viewing access is available for ...

Atlanta, GA - Birding - length:unknown

Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park Trails (Distance: 4.3 mi) This day-use park offers boating and fishing on 215-acre Sparks Reservoir, as well as hiking on trails that meander along Sweetwater Creek and through the surrounding hills. The park opened in 1976 an...

Austell, GA - Hiking - length:6.5 mi

Sweetwater Creek State Park (Distance: 4.3 mi) This park preserves both the natural piedmont landscape and the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company’s mill that operated from 1849 until burned by the Union Cavalry on July 9, 1864. Toda...

Lithia Springs, GA - Hiking - length:6.5 mi

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Dogwood Dogwood Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6275 yards, par 72 2.5 miles from center of Austell, Georgia

Greystone Greystone Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6106 yards, par 72 4.0 miles from center of Austell, Georgia

Chapel Hills Chapel Hills Golf & Country Club Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 6548 yards, par 72 8.6 miles from center of Austell, Georgia

West Pines West Pines Golf Club Municipal, 18 holes 6832 yards, par 71 9.0 miles from center of Austell, Georgia

Fox Creek Fox Creek Golf Club Municipal, 18 holes 3879 yards, par 61 9.3 miles from center of Austell, Georgia

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