Kennesaw Mountain

Several extended family have lived and hiked in the area over 60 years. Used to be a nice place to hike. They have a new rude park ranger on a power trip, going around in his truck, harrassing hikers who are lawfully walking in the park near closing time. Mind you, these are hikers doing nothing wrong, and hiking before but near closing time. Never happened in the past, but this new ranger is on a power trip threatening to give tickets. Also they do nothing to stop dogs running loose even on the main trails with many hikers around. I'm a dog lover but it's a real hazard having loose dogs in the main areas of the park. I know my friends and I have put in several complaints, many in writing, and office staff does nothing but make excuses.

Came here to learn more about the Civil War with my kids. This place has so much information to read and relics to see. It's very interesting and you can spend hours here. There's a gift shop and when I visit places, I buy an ornament for my Christmas tree.

There are benches outside if you want to sit and look at the scenery. It was peaceful when we were there. There's also hiking trails. We took a short trail up a hill and back. There is plenty of parking.

The mountain is a site for hiking, though one can also drive to the top. The visitor center at the bottom holds plenty of history, and people down here really care about the details of the Civil War. I mean, from my perspective, it was basically taught as: bad guys declare war, Lincoln makes speech, good guys win, but here a couple was searching for a specific medal on display, which they had somehow found a picture of in advance and were searching all the exhibits to match what they found online. I could not for the life of me figure out what was so important about it, but it is not uncommon around here to see people really invested in minute details of local history.

I picked a rainy day to try and hike up the mountain, and while the leaves that still remained on the autumn trees offered decent protection from light rain, I had time to get only halfway up. Nonetheless, it's quite pretty, and the elevation makes for a considerable workout. And despite the rain, it was crowded; I have no doubt that the satellite parking lots called out by various signs are necessary at peak times.

This is a national park area, and as with most such sites just buying the pass for all national parks is likely to be a better deal than spending on this one in particular. Just put your card on the dashboard before you set out.

Very cool park to remember this Civil War Battlefield. This is definitely worth checking out if you are in the area. I find it so fascinating to visit these historic places, places where history was defined and today is a marked difference to the bloody battle that happened upon this site.

Again, I would definitely recommend visiting this place. I give it five stars overall.

Kennesaw is a great park that have several trails. Get there early as it seems to also be popular. Going up the mountain is pretty tiring, but it's beautiful once you make it to the top.

Great Hiking Trail, great incline. My best friend took me here for the first time and it's definitely worth it. Took us about an hour to do the whole trail, the trail is primarily covered with trees at the top. Bring your bug spray & water!!!

We go here often. Went last Saturday and it was packed. Took some adult family members along and we huffed it up the road this time. Took some breaks along the way. Got a great workout at an important historical site.

Definitely pay for parking or you will get ticketed. Do not chance it.

The highest point in the Atlanta metro area with the summit elevation 1,808 feet. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought in 1864 during the Civil War resulting in the Confederate victory. With 2,965 acres, the mountain offers a great hiking trail. It is a 1.1 mile moderate hike to the top with a nice view of downtown Atlanta and the surrounding cities. A restroom is available in the visitor center. It was a great outdoor activity with the family.

We went to this national park as a family of 4 with our grandparents on a Saturday morning. The main parking for the visitor Center was small and crowded. So watch for signs for additional parking which you have to go past the signal.

The visitor Center was packed with history of the place and the folks were very helpful. There is a restroom inside this space.

We started out hike just behind the visitor complex and we mistakenly took the tougher route. If you are new to hiking and it is first time like us after a long time I would recommend to take the left route on the fork. Would be much easier climb.

Our whole family enjoyed the hike and loved every bit of it definitely recommend the visit.

There is a $5 parking pass you need to pay when you visit.

People died on this mountain. It was once drenched in blood, but there are no haunted feelings of paranormal activity going on here.

There's this old NPC volunteer dude who walks around with a stick asking if you bought a parking pass. I never once had to pay to come here for all these years, but it's nice that they're enforcing it now to keep the maintenance up.

I never have sought out or studied civil war history or even been this close to the "action". So I felt compelled to check out this famous civil war battleground while in the area.

The Historical Park itself is spread out in a long snake fashion like a golf course. There are a lot of trails through the woods and well-marked and documented battle sites.

It was raining and I want interested in hiking the trails. So, I drove to the top of the mountain for a look. Once on top, it's taller than it looks. The mountain top, provides great views of the area and I could see downtown Atlanta, although obscrued by the rain. It's really hard to imagine a battle going on up here but it did. Seems kind of silly now that your enemy is on a hill and you have to take him out. What?

These places always ignite introspection for me and I enjoyed the visit. A nice fall or spring day would be perfect to explore the entire battlefield area and think about what was.

Definite Go!