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community gathering place hosts weekly earthy Chambourcin, the sweetness of Berry Ringgold pickleball courts to walking trails, playgrounds, and family
themed events that embrace the arts, artisan Fusion and the quintessential Southern Fort Oglethorpe Pickleball Courts festivals, the City ensures year-round opportunities for
culture, history, beekeeping, and back to Belle. This new experience elevates Ringgold Welcome Center health, wellness, and fun! Gilbert-Stephenson Park, Black
school, to name a few. The market is a producer- with rustic charm and camaraderie among Branch Trail Disc Golf Course, and the historic Barnhardt
only marketplace for local farmers and small guests who love handcrafted local wines. Circle Polo Field are hubs for residents and visitors!
businesses to sell their products. Vendors who The Tasting Room’s first anniversary is
sell at the market live within a 75-mile radius of November 2025. WINDSTONE GOLF CLUB
Fort Oglethorpe. 5 Legion Street, Ringgold, GA 30736 Private membership to Windstone Golf Club offers members
214 First Street, Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 706.581.1580 an 18-hole golf course, swimming, tennis, and WindStone
706.450.9215 • stable41market.com brokenhorseshoevineyard.com Grill. Look into membership packages that offer year-long or
four-month options for individuals and families.
BROKEN HORSESHOE WINERY & VINEYARD LOVE HILL FLOWER FARM 9230 Windstone Drive, Ringgold, GA 30736
Sip a collection of award-winning estate wines Love Hill Farm is a family owned and operated 423.894.1231 • windstone.com
at the Tasting Room for Broken Horseshoe flower farm just minutes away from Ringgold’s
Vineyard in downtown Ringgold. Savor an historic downtown, offering access to a wide HISTORY IN THE HILLS
Catoosa County is named for nearby Catoosa Springs,
which inspired a destination mineral spa resort in the 1840s.
Catoosa County was officially incorporated in 1853. The
development of the Western & Atlantic Railroad elevated
DID YOU KNOW variety of stunning flowers in each season. For gardeners, • Boynton Stephens Complex: Ringgold as a key train depot in the South

flower lovers, or someone seeking peace and inspiration, this Baseball and concessions CONTINUED ON PAGE 17
The Stable 41 Pavilion is on a site that once housed the 41st stable farm could be your new favorite one-stop shop for fresh flowers, • Joseph T. McConnell Park:

for the Fort Oglethorpe Army Post. Check out letsgoforto.com herbs, parties, photographers, and gifts. Surrounded by vibrant 1,600 sq. ft. playground, 1/8-mile paved track
blooms and peaceful landscapes, Love Hill Farm also provides a
for a seasonal schedule. Learn more about the history of Fort charming venue for any occasion. with benches; pavilion only or entire facility may
be rented
Oglethorpe at the Fort Oglethorpe Welcome Center at 10 2144 Poplar Springs Road, Ringgold, GA 30736 • Keith Park: Backstop and open field; two pavilions, paved

706.406.4141 • lovehillfarm.com
Barnhardt Circle. track, and playground
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES 706.891.4199 • catoosarec.com
CATOOSA COUNTY RECREATION DEPARTMENT
One of the largest Catoosa County youth sports recreation facilities is RINGGOLD RECREATION DEPARTMENT
the Jack Mattox Recreation Complex in Ringgold. This 55-acre facility The City of Ringgold maintains recreational facilities
features seven lighted ballfields, a 1.2-mile paved walking track, and a for its residents and visitors, including Creekside
9-hole disc golf course. Recreation Complex and the Martha Denton
Swimming Pool. The brand new Creekside Complex
Elsie A. Holmes Nature Park, also in Ringgold, includes more than offers soccer fields, paved walking trail, pickleball
two miles of hiking/walking trails through a hardwood forest and courts, outdoor basketball court, dog park, and
wooded creek bottom filled with wildflowers. There is also a trail on access to a canoe launch. The Martha Denton Pool
the ridge. These parks are part of a larger network of parks and is open every summer; hours are limited when school
facilities overseen by the Rec Department, including gyms and is in session.
canoe launches.

• Poplar Springs Complex: FORT OGLETHORPE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Renovated diamond sport fields with Musco lighting, Fort Oglethorpe provides a wide range of programs,
brand new concessions, restroom and umpire building, facilities, and events designed to bring the community
dugouts, and batting cages together. From youth sports leagues and brand-new

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