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Many of our popular hiking trails reward Farther south in Dallas, Hiram, Rockmart
you with a waterfall at the end. Visit and Cedartown, hikers, cyclists, and
Tumbling Waters Falls, Julie Anna Falls, Fall equestrians can access the popular Silver
Branch Falls, Fightingtown Creek Falls, and Comet Trail, transformed from an old
several others near Ellijay. railroad route. Or sail the skies on the
Stroll through lovely gardens such as the world’s largest zip line canopy course at Gibbs Gardens
unusual folk art ROCK Garden in Calhoun, Historic Banning Mills in Whitesburg. on the mountain is an easy one-mile hike in Northwest Georgia culture at Cartersville’s
the breathtaking Gibbs Gardens in Ball Pigeon Mountain in LaFayette boasts the woods to the mysterious “Rock Town,” Etowah Indian Mounds, a ceremonial
Ground, or famous Rock City Gardens on wonders galore. Find one of the deepest a collection of boulders and monoliths center more than a millennium past; at
Lookout Mountain. caves in the world – Ellison Cave – plus that truly resemble a town and that have Calhoun’s New Echota Historic Site, once
Revel in activities such as fly fishing, horseback riding trails, hiking, and primitive provided shelter to wildlife and Native the capital of the entire Cherokee Nation;
horseback riding, and sporting clays. camping. One of the most intriguing places Americans alike. and at Chatsworth’s Chief Vann House NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
In Georgia’s Rome, take a kayak or canoe Historic Site.
along the Etowah River Trails, or catch
a game of the Rome Braves minor league
baseball team.
Honor and reflect on Native
American contributions to

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