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Lake Allatoona (officially called Allatoona Lake) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Etowah River in northwestern part of the State of Georgia. This reservoir is mostly in southeastern Bartow County and southwestern Cherokee County. A small portion is located in Cobb County near Acworth.
Lake Acworth. Lake Acworth is a 260-acre (110 ha) [1] artificial lake southwest of the city of Acworth, Georgia. It is in the extreme northwestern part of Cobb County. The lake impounds Proctor Creek (not the same as Proctor Creek in nearby Atlanta) and Butler Creek. It outflows into Lake Allatoona. [2] The low dam is at the point where State ...
The Little River is the largest tributary of the Etowah, their confluence now flooded by Lake Allatoona. Allatoona Creek is another major tributary, flowing north from Cobb County and forming the other major arm of the lake. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially named the river in 1897. The river ends at 571 feet (174 m) above mean sea ...
The stream begins near Kennesaw Mountain and ends at Lake Allatoona. Noonday is a translation of the native Cherokee language name, referring to the solar noon. [2] Noonday Creek looking west from Chastain Meadows, as of Sep 9, 2009. Noonday Creek looking west from Chastain Meadows, as of May 23, 2011.
Allatoona, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.108154°N 84.711325°W. Map of Allatoona. Allatoona is an unincorporated community in Bartow County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] The community is located along Allatoona Creek, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Cartersville. [1] It was once a small mining community until a dam was erected at the base of the ...
Red Top Mountain State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located in the northwestern part of the state, on the northwestern edge of metro Atlanta, in southeastern Bartow County near Cartersville. Named for iron -rich Red Top Mountain, [1] the park covers 1,776 acres (6.32 km 2) on a peninsula jutting north into Lake ...
Carters Lake, owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers, is a man-made lake without private docks or houses along its shore. [2] This lake is fed by the Coosawattee River that runs between Ellijay and Chatsworth, and was formed by Carters Dam , the tallest earthen dam east of the Mississippi, which was completed in 1977.
Lake Allatoona, Cartersville, Plant Bowen and Atlanta are visible from the summit. [5] [6] With an elevation of 1,562 feet (476 m), Pine Mountain is the third tallest mountain of Bartow County, if using a 100 feet (30 m) prominence rule. [7]