This popular park on 12,000-acre Lake Allatoona is ideal for swimming, boating and fishing. Visitors can bring their own boats or rent from nearby marinas. Twelve miles of hiking trails wind through the park, providing opportunities for exercise and to explore a reconstructed 1860s homestead. Named for the soils rich red color caused by high iron-ore content, Red Top Mountain was once an important mining area for iron.
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Shelter, fire, food, water, survival first aid, signaling, and rescue are only a sample of what the Southeast School of Survival will bring to you during each course. To register, visit www.SoutheastSchoolofSurvival.com $5 parking. 770-406-1438.

The iron business was one of Georgia's first industries long before the Civil War. Take guided tours of the historic Iron Hill section and watch molten iron pour from an operating blast furnace at 2800 degrees Fahrenheit. Scratch block molds will be available for purchase to make your own keepsake.

Join us at the Vaughan Log Cabin and step back into the 1860s. Experience the sights, sounds, and smells of daily life as volunteers demonstrate civilian farm life. Visit a soldier encampment as they pass through Georgia during the Civil War. $5 parking. 770-975-0055.

The Great Locomotve Chase went speeding through Allatoona Pass during the Civil War. Tour the pass with interpreters and reenactors as they tell the story of the locomotive chase. The General went through this pass after it was stolen by Union soldiers known as Andrews Raiders. $5 parking.