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Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield      PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS – JUDSON McCRANIE

                                                         Park, one of America’s most popular   stretches all the way to Alabama.
                                                         attractions with its adventure courses,     Hop on the Chattahoochee River
                                                        4D film, Geyser Towers® and, of   from several access points along the    ATLANTA METRO
                                                         course, one-of-a kind hiking. Nearby,   48 miles of the Chattahoochee River
                                                         the Arabia Mountain National Heritage   National Recreation Area.
                                                         Area near Lithonia, features 2,000   Some of these trails and river access
                                                         acres of granite outcrop, wetlands,   points just outside the Atlanta city
                                                         pine and oak forests, streams, and    limits are in the neighboring city of
                                                         a lake.
                                                          Discover Kennesaw Mountain   Sandy Springs, which is also home to
                                                         National Battlefield Park to the   the Big Trees Forest Preserve. Nearby,
                                                         northwest of Atlanta, with its hiking   the City of Alpharetta’s Big Creek
                                                         trails, wildlife viewing, and historic   Greenway beckons walkers, bicyclers,
                                                         Civil War features. Just a few miles   strollers, and other non-motorized
                                                         south, hit the Silver Comet Trail on   transport along a serene, paved
                                                         your bike or your two feet, which   pathway through lush forest.
                   Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
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