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Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of 1,808 feet (551 m). It is the highest point in the core ( urban and suburban ) metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered.
Noonday Creek Trail connects Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to Town Center Mall, and its north eastern trailhead is at 3015 Bells Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30066. There is a 0.73 mile segment of multi-use trail north from the trailhead on Bells Ferry Road.
Two additional trails are planned: A 2.5 mile extension trail (which can be accessed from the red loop trail) and will connect via a proposed bridge across Sottile Canal to a 4-mile loop trail. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The trailhead is located at the end of Crepe Myrtle Road.
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning "cemetery" or burial ground. [4]
Little Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain in Cobb County, Georgia, northwest of Marietta and south of Kennesaw. It is a sub-peak of Kennesaw Mountain , the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War .
Amicalola Falls State Park was not developed at all until the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club decided in 1958 that they would move the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail from Mount Oglethorpe to the nearby Springer Mountain. An 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) trail was blazed from the base of Amicalola Falls to the top of Springer Mountain, so ...
The Lake Wales Ridge, sometimes referred to as the Mid-Florida Ridge, [1] is a sand ridge running for about 100 miles (160 km) south to north in Central Florida. Clearly viewable from satellite, the white sands of the ridge are located in Highlands County and Polk County , and also extend north into Osceola , Orange , and Lake Counties .
Location Area (2024) [4] [15] Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: Georgia: 2,913.63 acres (11.7910 km 2) Manassas National Battlefield Park: Virginia: 5,073.76 acres (20.5328 km 2) Richmond National Battlefield Park: Virginia: 8,144.28 acres (32.9587 km 2) River Raisin National Battlefield Park: Michigan: 42.18 acres (0.1707 km 2)