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Sweetwater Creek State Park is a 2,549 acres (10.32 km 2) Georgia state park in east Douglas County, 15 miles (24 km) from downtown Atlanta. The park is named after Sweetwater Creek which runs through it. Cherokee people were forcibly removed from the area and it eventually became home to the New Manchester Manufacturing Company and mill town ...
Sweetwater Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary) Coordinates: 33.71761°N 84.60549°W. Sweetwater creek in the fall. Sweetwater Creek. Sweetwater Creek is a 45.6-mile-long (73.4 km) [1] stream in the U.S. state of Georgia, west of Atlanta. It begins in southwestern Paulding County, flowing generally eastward into southwestern Cobb County, then ...
GNIS feature ID. 0356358 [3] Lithia Springs (/ ˈlɪθiːə /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly incorporated as a city, located in northeastern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 16,644. The area is named for its historic lithia mineral water springs.
On September 22, The United States Geological Survey measured the greatest flow ever recorded on Sweetwater Creek, at 28,000 cubic feet per second (790 m 3 /s). [2] The flooding from the creek was met with water from the swollen Chattahoochee River, which blocked Interstate 20 west of Atlanta for two days. Many homes and businesses in the area ...
The state of Georgia first purchased the land for the park in 1999. In 2006, the state approved $7 million for the first phase of park development. [2] Beginning in 2008, the Friends of Chattahoochee Bend organization began hosting work days to aid in the development of the park. The park was opened to the public on July 1, 2011.
Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge is an 829-acre (3.35 km 2) Georgia state park located between Ellijay and Dahlonega in Dawsonville, Georgia. The park's name is derived from a Cherokee language word meaning "tumbling waters". [1] The park is home to Amicalola Falls, a 729-foot (222 m) waterfall that is the highest in Georgia. [2]
Noses Creek. Noses Creek is a 14.5-mile-long (23.3 km) [1] stream in Cobb County, Georgia, USA. [2] It is a significant tributary of the much larger Sweetwater Creek, in turn part of the Chattahoochee River basin. From its source area between Kennesaw and Marietta the stream flows generally south-southwesterly to just northwest of Austell .
Georgia State Park. Fort Mountain State Park is a 3,712-acre (15.02 km 2) Georgia state park located between Chatsworth and Ellijay on Fort Mountain. The state park was founded in 1938 and is named for an ancient 885-foot-long (270 m) rock wall located on the peak. [1] The nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places describes ...