Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
- The Chattahoochee River and its valley is a place rich in natural and cultural resources. Sometimes the river is clear, cold, and slow-moving, while at other times it is a muddy torrent, plunging through rocky shoals. Th... wildernet.com
Vickery Creek Trail, Alpharetta, Georgia
Roswell King first glimpsed these wooded hills above the Chattahoochee River during a journey to the Dahlonega gold fields in the 1820s. King recognized that the terrain would someday be an ideal site for a textile mill. In 1... trails.com
Jones Bridge Trail, Duluth, Georgia
Explores Jones Bridge, climbing into nearby hills that allows long-distance views of some of Atlanta?s most expensive homes and then follows the floodplain of the Chattahoochee, climbing to explore a ridge and returning to lo... trails.com
Big Trees Preserve Trail, Alpharetta, Georgia
Big Trees has multiple loops and straight-line trails that can be combined for a wide variety of hikes. A 300-foot climb on the Backcountry Loop is so well done it seems effortless. The John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Forest Pre... trails.com
Gold Branch Trail, Alpharetta, Georgia
This exhilarating trail explores the shoreline of Bull Sluice Lake and ridges along the Chattahoochee River. trails.com
Island Ford Trail, Roswell, Georgia
The Island Ford Trail is a pleasant hike in a mature hardwood forest. The main trail is blue blazed and takes you through all the habitat types with flat, easy walks and moderate climbs in the hilly upland. From the river to ... trails.com
Pine Mountain Recreation Area Trails, Cartersville, Georgia
Following the heavily wooded slopes of 1,562-foot Pine Mountain, north of Red Top Mountain State Park and Allatoona Lake, this recreation area is a recently developed Cartersville city park. The park?s East Loop Trail is open... trails.com
Our Kind Of Town: Historic Roswell, Roswell, Georgia
If discovering out-of-the-way places with your sweetheart starts your romantic juices flowing, share an enjoyable low-key weekend exploring a former Southern mill town just north of Atlanta and its adjacent natural attraction... trails.com
Big Creek Greenway
This flat, winding trail has plenty of shade and is divided into two sections. There are plans to connect the two trails and to extend them. The southern portion (Roswell/Alpharetta section) runs parallel to, and on the ea... traillink.com
Jones Bridge Unit Trail, Roswell And Norcross, Georgia
After settling on this land in 1819, James Martin ran a ferry across the Chattahoochee River for many years. His descendents, the Jones family, operated the ferry until it was replaced by the steel bridge in 1904. By the 1930... trails.com
Chattahoochee Nature Center
The Chattahoochee Nature Center is a nature park and a nature preservation and educational center... citysearch.com
Johnson Ferry North Trail, Sandy Springs, Georgia
This trail explores a floodplain of the Chattahoochee River, including a forested wetland, then joins ?the Hooch? for a hike along its riverbank. For more than 20 years the Chattahoochee Outdoor Center was the summer fun capi... trails.com
Palisades East Trail, Atlanta, Georgia
This hike follows a ridgetop as it drops to the riverbank at the Whitewater Creek entrance then easily climbs along the Chattahoochee to East Palisades. The trail leaves the river, climbing to an overlook before returning onc... trails.com
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw Mountain offers the best inland migration birding for warblers, vireos, and other landbirds in Georgia, if not the Southeast. Warbler counts of more than 20 species in a morning are not uncommon during peak migration... trails.com
East Palisades Trail, Roswell, Georgia
About 4.5 miles of winding forest footpaths along the steep bluffs overlooking the east side of the river provide access to some high bluff along the river. Only short sections of the East Palisades Trail are steep and strenu... trails.com
Powers Landing Trail, Smyrna, Georgia
This trail explores Powers Island in the Chattahoochee River and then follows the floodplain of the river to a wonderful cove in the river?s watershed. On the return to the trailhead the path offers scenic views of the river.... trails.com
West Palisades Unit Trail, Vinings, Georgia
The West Palisades Unit comprises 302 acres along 1.5 miles of shoals in the Chattahoochee River. The trail follows the riverbank and into the rocky palisades. A variety of habitats with open fields, dense woods, tumbling str... trails.com
Kennesaw Mtn Main Trail (From Visitor Center)
This is a nice short mountain hike just NW of Atlanta in a NPS Battlefield Park. The trail climbs fairly sharply from the visitor center, levels off at a roadbed and then climbs the rest of the way to the top of Kennesaw ... localhikes.com