Cartersville

Just a short drive north of Atlanta, you can make everyone happy with a visit to Cartersville, Georgia's Museum City. Cartersville is a gateway to the metro area and the North Georgia mountains with easy access from Interstate 75.

Outdoor Activities in Cartersville

LakePoint Sports, a youth sports destination, offers Terminus Wake Park, Perfect Game Baseball, Rally Volleyball, soccer, and lacrosse.

Red Top Mountain State Park holds 15 miles of trails through the forested park, plus an accessible paved trail suitable for wheelchairs and strollers. Nearby is Lake Allatoona — ideal for swimming, water skiing, and fishing.

Cultural Attractions in Cartersville

The Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site was once home to several thousand Native Americans, now containing six earthen mounds, a plaza, village area, borrow pits, and a defensive ditch. Follow a nature trail along the Etowah River, learning about how early civilizations used the world around them for food and medicine.

Explore Cartersville’s many museums, including Bartow History Museum, which houses artifacts, photographs, documents, and interactive exhibits that documents the history of Georgia’s Bartow County. Old Car City is the world’s largest classic car junkyard, filled with every sort of vintage vehicle you could imagine. The Tellus Science Museum is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum with four interactive galleries, and the Booth Western Art Museum features Western artwork, presidential portraits, and Native American artifacts.

Other Things to Do in Cartersville

Historic Downtown Cartersville is where you will find a wide array of restaurants and shops.

Get free visitor information on Cartersville, Adairsville, Emerson, and all of Bartow County, plus 300 Georgia destinations inside the Clarence Brown Conference Center or the historic downtown Welcome Center located in the Train Depot in Historic Downtown Cartersville.