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Cherokee One of the fastest growing counties in Georgia, Cherokee County is a short drive from Metro-Atlanta and the North Georgia Mountains. With its natural beauty, County cultural richness, vibrant communities and southern hospitality, Cherokee County is not only a great place to live - it is a great place to visit! 75 575 EXPLORE GARDENS, ARTS AND HISTORY
400 • Gibbs Gardens • Historic Walking Tours, Heritage Center and Visitor Centers To Greenville, SC • Art Museums, Performing Arts Centers and Sculpture Garden • The Georgia National Cemetery 285 85 ENJOY SPORTS AND OUTDOOR ADVENTURE • Family Aquatic Parks and Indoor Olympic Pools ATLANTA • Water Activities on the Etowah River and Lake Allatoona • Miles of Mountain Bike, Hiking and Equestrian Trails To Augusta, GA To Birmingham, AL 20 • Exceptional Public Golf Courses and Acres of Parks & Playgrounds 285 • Acclaimed Dirt Speedway, Duck Hunting Preserve and Sporting Clays SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP • The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta 85 • Cabela’s, the World’s Foremost Outfitter 75 • Specialty shops, antique stores and unique boutiques galore in To Montgomery, AL Downtown Main Street Districts and surrounding communities INDULGE IN CULINARY DELIGHTS • Award Winning Restaurants • Famous Eateries, Delicatessens and Southern Barbeque To Orlando, FL • Vineyards, Breweries, Growlers, Coffee Shops and Bakeries “Where Metro Meets the Mountains” “Where Metro Meets the Mountains”
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SUMMER FALL WINTER Polo Matches at Cherokee Love Lights a Tree Chukkar Farm Polo Club County Fair & Canton Christmas Parade Map of Cherokee County Cherokee County hosts an array Exciting matches held on Sundays from Family fun at the Enjoy holiday festivities in Downtown of exciting events throughout the 2-4pm, May-October, just minutes from fair with carnival rides, Canton beginning with the Annual 1. Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails year including annual holiday Metro Atlanta. livestock exhibitions, entertainment Christmas Tree Lighting sponsored by the 2. Cabela’s celebrations and observances. ChukkarFarmPoloClub.com and more. Held in September at the American Cancer Society on the Friday 3. Cagle’s Family Farm 4. Cherokee Conference Center Visit DestinationCherokeeGA.com Canton Fairgrounds. after Thanksgiving and the Christmas 5. Cherokee County Aquatic Center for an up-to-date listing. Canton-Georgia.com Parade held the 1st Saturday in December. CantonHDL.com 6. Cherokee County History Museum Riverfest 7. Cashin’s Sculpture Garden at Chukkar Farm Polo Club SPRING An annual arts & crafts festival, presented Waleska Christmas Tree Lighting by the Service League of Cherokee County, Official kick-off to the holiday season 8. Dixie Speedway Cherokee Indian 9. Downtown Ball Ground with over 130 exhibitors, entertainment held the 1st Thursday in December. Festival 10. Downtown Canton and more. Held the last weekend in CityofWaleska.com and Pow Wow 11. Downtown Holly Springs September at Boling Park, Canton. 12. Downtown Waleska Experience Native Holly Springs Tree Lighting ServiceLeague.net 13. Downtown Woodstock American entertainment, Concerts at Chukkar Farm Polo Club & Christmas Parade 14. Etowah River Park arts and crafts, music and food. Celebrate the beginning of the Christmas 15. Funk Heritage Center Bring your picnic and enjoy singer/song- 16. Gibbs Gardens Held Mother’s Day weekend at Boling writer concerts held every 1st Friday (and season with the annual tree lighting at 17. The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta Park, Canton. Canton-Georgia.com 3rd Friday) and Saturday, May-October. the Historic Train Depot on the 1st Friday 18. Reinhardt University in December followed by the Christmas Canton Festival of the Arts ChukkarFarmPoloClub.com Parade on the 1st Saturday. Enjoy fine arts, music, food, youth art Ball Ground HollySpringsGA.us LEGEND exhibit and more. Presented by the Rock the Park Concerts Destination/Attraction Cherokee County Arts Council and Bring your lawn chair and enjoy free Ball Ground March of i Visitor Information Center held the 3rd weekend in May in concerts on select Saturdays in Ball the Toys Parade Downtown Canton. CherokeeArts.org Enjoy this festive parade featuring special Chamber of Commerce Ground’s Downtown City Park. characters and a visit from Santa and First Fridays Canton CityofBallGround.com Get Lost in the Maize at Cagle’s Family Farm Mrs. Claus! Held the 1st Friday in December. Held on the first Friday of each month Ball Ground Enjoy fall family fun September-November! CityofBallGround.com (March-October), the Historic Downtown Summerfest CaglesFamilyFarm.com Canton block party features car shows, Fun for the whole family with a 5k Run, Woodstock Holiday Jubilee and live music, food and more! car show, Kid’s Corner, arts & crafts, live Gibbs Gardens Japanese Arts and City Birthday Celebration CantonHDL.com entertainment and more; plus a parade to Culture Festival ‘Tis the season to experience a parade, carolers, Santa, tree lighting and the Gibbs Gardens Daffodil Festival kick off the festivities. Held 1st weekend in This annual October festival gives visitors presentation of Citizen of the Year Award. Don’t miss this annual festival featuring June. BGSummerfest.net an overview of the many facets of Held the 1st Saturday in December at over 20 million daffodil blooms, the Japanese culture. GibbsGardens.com Woodstock City Park. largest display in the nation. Held Holly Springs Autumn Fest VisitWoodstockGA.com March - mid April. GibbsGardens.com Enjoy arts & crafts vendors, food trucks, Holiday Lights of Hope Woodstock’s Friday Night Live live entertainment and a giant children’s A hometown holiday tradition for the The first Friday of the month (March- area on the 1st Saturday in October in whole family! Enjoy a walk-through LED December) in Downtown Woodstock. Barrett Park. HollySpringsGa.us lights display, pictures with Santa, food, Come enjoy this city wide festival with Woodstock Scarecrow Invasion shopping and more! Held mid-December music, food and more as the downtown 140+ scarecrows will invade Downtown at Hobgood Park in Woodstock. merchants stay open late! Woodstock during the month of October. VisitWoodstockGA.com VisitWoodstockGA.com VisitWoodstockGA.com Experience a county rich in culture! Shop Until You Drop BALL GROUND Old Train Cherokee County History Museum WALESKA WOODSTOCK • The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta Gibbs Depot and Visitors Center is housed Woodstock Visitor Center • Cabela’s, the World’s Gardens Once the hub in Cherokee County’s Historic & Dean’s Store “Where Foremost Outfitter Visitors will of commerce Marble Courthouse in Downtown yesterday lives and tomorrow • Specialty shops, antique stores and unique boutiques galore in experience “the in the early Canton. The museum features waits.” Located in the heart of 1900’s, now movies, interactive iPad Downtown Main Street Districts harmony of Downtown Woodstock, Dean’s and surrounding communities nature” as they the renovated station presentations, exhibits and artifacts Store provides an eclectic stroll through serves as a community meeting from the collection of the Cherokee blend of history with a visitors 16 world-class facility. HolllySpringsGA.us County Historical Society. Learn center, museum, art gallery, gardens. The even more about Canton’s rich history literary lounge and gathering seamless CANTON on the Historic Canton Downtown A must-see for groups and individuals place, all within one store. Walking Tour, a self-guided tour of integration The Historic of all ages! The Funk Heritage Learn about Woodstock’s historical sites. of nature and artistic design Canton Center located on the campus of history on the self-guided CherokeeCountyHistoryMuseum.com provides a breathtaking canvas for Theatre Reinhardt University in Waleska, is Historic Downtown Woodstock four feature gardens including the Once used Cashin’s Sculpture Garden at Georgia’s official Southeastern Indian Walking Tour. nation’s largest Japanese Garden, for screening Chukkar Farm Polo Club offers a Interpretive Center and is a National VisitWoodstockGA.com Additional Historical over 20 million daffodils in the spring movies, beautiful nature trail that meanders Park Service Trail of Tears certified Elm Street Cultural Arts Village Sites and Markers can and 140 varieties of waterlilies from the theatre through the forest with 54 sites site. The museum features interactive This thriving arts village offers be explored throughtout spring to fall. Enjoy monthly special provides a for large outdoor sculptures by exhibits, educational films, performances, instruction and exhibits Cherokee County. Please events, a cafe and gift store in a pristine full season renowned artists. The Sculpture contemporary Native American year round. Located in Downtown visit our website at setting with 24 ponds, 32 bridge of drama Garden creates artistic and art and the Sellers Collection of Woodstock, there are opportunities DestinationCherokeeGA.com crossings, 19 waterfalls, natural springs productions as well as popular movies intellectual opportunities for artists Antique Hand Tools, which includes to participate on stage or attend for more details. and artistically designed gardens. Open from days gone by. CantonTheatre.com and the visiting public in a thousands of tools dating from as early something new every month. March - mid December. “nature’s cathedral” type setting. as the 17th century. Walking trails and Indulge in Culinary Delights Cherokee Arts Center offers all ElmStreetArts.org GibbsGardens.com ChukkarFarmPoloClub.com a great gift shop are also available for • Award Winning Restaurants aspects of art in one location. Stroll your enjoyment. • Famous Eateries through the gallery celebrating local Tanglewood Farm Georgia National Cemetery HOLLY SPRINGS Reinhardt.edu/FunkHeritage • Delicatessens and regional artists, enjoy a variety of Visit a 10-acre Wild West Town with Cagle’s Family Farm • Southern BBQ musical and theatrical performances more than 100 inhabitants – all of Falany Performing Arts Family-owned and operated, this • Coffee Shops or learn a new skill with the array them miniature farm animals. Kids Center (FPAC), located at Reinhardt must-see working farm is the perfect • Bakeries of classes for children and adults. can enjoy the petting zoo, pony University, offers a wide variety of Ag-Venture for the whole family! Enjoy • Breweries & Growlers Located in Historic Downtown rides, hayrides, seasonal arts and entertainment for audiences of all farmers markets, hayrides, a 10-acre • Wineries Canton, the Center also hosts the crafts, demonstrations and panning ages. Known as one of the best concert cornfield maze, pumpkin patches, annual Canton Festival of the Arts. for gold and arrowheads. halls in the southeast, the FPAC haunted barn and more! CherokeeArts.org TanglewoodFarms.com offers exceptional performances in an CaglesFamilyFarm.com intimate setting. Reinhardt.edu Located off GA Hwy. 20, Exit 16 in Canton. cem.va.gov Experience an Abundance of Agri-Destinations • Working Farms • Gardens • Arboretums • Vineyards • Apiaries • Farmers Markets Experience a county on the move! • Christmas Tree Farms HIKING, BIKING AND WATER SPORTS Cherokee County Aquatic Dixie Speedway One of the premier Chukkar Farm Polo Club EQUESTRIAN TRAILS AND ACTIVITIES Center is a dirt tracks in the nation and located located on a 100+ acre farm with Blankets Creek Mountain Bike Trails Etowah River Park and Launch state-of-the-art, in Woodstock, the 3/8-mile clay oval rolling pastures and trails, offers 14+ miles of purpose-built single-track Site provides access to the Etowah indoor aquatic track presents thrilling high-speed event facility space for weddings, facility and bike trails that are among the most River, a portion of the most biolog- entertainment every Saturday night fundraisers and corporate outings. EXIT 7 WOODSTOCK popular in the Southeast. 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Guest hosted by city and county City of Woodstock • Conveniently located off I-575 and just minutes from Atlanta passes available. YMCAAtlanta.org GarlandMountain.com recreation departments. WoodstockGa.gov • Visit www.NCCC.CherokeeGA.com for more information DestinationCherokeeGA.com 770.345.0400