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Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge is an 829-acre (3.35 km 2) Georgia state park located between Ellijay and Dahlonega in Dawsonville, Georgia. The park's name is derived from a Cherokee language word meaning "tumbling waters". [1] The park is home to Amicalola Falls, a 729-foot (222 m) waterfall that is the highest in Georgia. [2]
High Falls State Park is a 1,050-acre (4.2 km 2) state park located near the city of Jackson in Monroe County, Georgia. It is the site of a prosperous 19th-century industrial center, which became a ghost town when it was bypassed by the railroad. [1] The park contains the largest waterfall in middle Georgia and a 650-acre (2.6 km 2) lake.
Fort Mountain State Park is a 3,712-acre (15.02 km 2) Georgia state park located between Chatsworth and Ellijay on Fort Mountain. The state park was founded in 1938 and is named for an ancient 885-foot-long (270 m) rock wall located on the peak. [ 1 ]
Smithgall Woods Conservation Area and Lodge is a 5,664 acres (8.85 sq mi; 22.92 km 2) Georgia state park, lodge and protected wilderness area near Helen, Georgia. It contains old growth forests, 12 miles of trout streams, and populations of wild turkeys, bears and deer.
The state parks and state historic sites within the U.S. state of Georgia ... Pages in category "State parks of Georgia (U.S. state)"
Since 1976, the state of Georgia has owned most of its 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) of mostly unspoiled wilderness. Hogg Hummock, also known as Hog Hammock, sits on less than a square ...
It is located in the Northwestern part of the state, on the northwestern edge of metro Atlanta, in Southeastern Bartow County near Cartersville. Named for iron -rich Red Top Mountain , [ 1 ] the park covers 1,776 acres (6.32 km 2 ) on a peninsula jutting north into Lake Allatoona , formed on the park's north and east sides by the Etowah River ...
Sprewell Bluff Park, formerly Sprewell Bluff State Park, is a 1,372 acre (5.55 km 2) Upson County, Georgia, park located between Roland and Crest. The park's location on the Flint River makes it a popular place for swimming , fishing , kayaking , canoeing , and whitewater rafting .