Five Stops on Your Visit to Georgia, USA

If you are headed through the south on your next vacation or trip, passing through Georgia does offer some interesting side trips along the way. Below are five of such tidbits of treasure.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
This park, 25 miles north of Atlanta, was the site that the Confederates drew back to after the fall of Chattanooga in 1863. Wrapped in tons of Civil War memorabilia and artifacts, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is a wonderful day trip if you are near the area. Slide presentations of the battles are available in the visitor's station.

Monday through Friday you can drive your own vehicle through the cannons and park 200 yards below the summit. There is wonderful hiking and has wonderful displays along the trail. There is also, on Saturdays and Sundays, a free shuttle bus to take you up the mountain with a tour guide. The trips go every half hour, but on a clear sunny day most will hike at least halfway just to see all the natural beauty of the land.

There are two other principle battlefields, Cheatham hill and Kolb's Farm, that are 4 and 7 miles from Kennesaw Mountain. These can be accessible for the serious hiker. Maps are available at the visitor's center.

Picnic areas with grills are available near the parking area of the visitor's center if you want to make an entire day of it. The park itself is 4-5 miles west of I-75, and is open M-F 8:30-5, Sat and Sun to 6 pm.

Georgia Guidestones
The Georgia Guidestones reminds most visitors of Stonehenge. The four granite stones are as much a mystery here in Georgia as they are in England.

Located 7 miles north of Elberton, in Northeast Georgia, the Georgia Guidestones are 10 guides engraved in eight different languages on four huge granite pillars. Etched in June of 1979 by a man going under the pseudonym of R.C. Christian, the stones are set forth being used as an occult and mystical centerpiece for pagan festivals.

The 10 Guides, in English, are as follows:
THE MESSAGE OF THE GEORGIA GUIDESTONES