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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.
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. The defensive-minded Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston constructed a series of trenches from Kennesaw Mountain to Kolb Farm to prevent or delay Union general William T. Sherman 's approach towards ...
Apr. 30—MARIETTA — A new $12 million-plus network of trails is coming to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. The Cobb Department of Transportation is set to break ground this summer ...
Noonday Creek Trail in Woodstock. The Noonday Creek Multi-Use Trail in Cobb County, Georgia is a seven-mile (11 km) continuation of the Mountain to River Trail in Kennesaw. Its southwest end is at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Old 41 Highway and Stilesboro Road. [1] Much of the trail runs alongside Noonday Creek.
Sweat Mountain is a mountain in far northeastern Cobb County, Georgia, in the suburbs north of Atlanta. The exact GNIS location of its summit is 34°4′1″N 84°27′20″W / 34.06694°N 84.45556°W / 34.06694; -84.45556 , and it has an official ( USGS ) elevation of 1,688 ft (515 m) above mean sea
Pace [6] in minutes per kilometre or mile vs. slope angle resulting from Naismith's rule [7] for basal speeds of 5 and 4 km / h. [n 1]The original Naismith's rule from 1892 says that one should allow one hour per three miles on the map and an additional hour per 2000 feet of ascent.
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]
Sawnee Mountain is a low mountain between the piedmont and Appalachian foothills of the U.S. state of Georgia, north of Atlanta. Average rainfall/46.26in/yr/ average snowfall/5.7in/yr/. The name Sawnee Mountain actually refers to the entire ridge of approximately five miles (8 km) in length.