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Welcome to Destination Cherokee Georgia! Ball Ground • Canton • Holly Springs Waleska • Woodstock 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, cultural richness, vibrant communities and southern hospitality, Cherokee County is not only a great place to live - it is a great place to visit! EXPLORE GARDENS, ARTS and HISTORY • Gibbs Gardens • Historic Walking Tours, Heritage Centers and Visitors Centers • Art Museums, Performing Arts Centers and Sculpture Garden • The Georgia National Cemetery ENJOY SPORTS AND RECREATION FOR ALL • Family Aquatic Parks and Indoor Olympic Pools • Water activities on the Etowah River and Lake Allatoona • Miles of Mountain Bike, Hiking and Equestrian Trails • Exceptional Public Golf Courses and Acres of Parks & Playgrounds • Acclaimed Dirt Speedway, Duck Hunting Preserve and Sporting Clays SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP • The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta and Cabela’s • Specialty Shops, Antique Stores and Unique Boutiques Galore in Downtown Districts and Surrounding Communities INDULGE IN CULINARY DELIGHTS • Award Winning Restaurants • Famous Eateries, Delicatessens and Southern Barbecue • Breweries, Wineries, Growlers, Coffee Shops and Bakeries “Where Metro Meets the Mountains” 2 DestinationCherokeeGA.com Table of Contents VISITORS CENTERS ......................................................................... 3 AIRPORT ........................................................................................... 3 HISTORY & HERITAGE .................................................................. 4-5 ARTS & GARDENS ........................................................................ 6-7 SPORTS & RECREATION ............................................................. 8-11 BIKING & HIKING ............................................................. 8 BOWLING .......................................................................... 8 GOLF .................................................................................. 9 POLO ................................................................................. 9 PICKLEBALL ...................................................................... 9 RACING ............................................................................. 9 SKATING ........................................................................... 9 SHOOTING ....................................................................... 10 TENNIS ............................................................................ 10 WATER SPORTS & ACTIVITIES ................................. 10-11 PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS .............................................. 11 MAP & MUST SEE ........................................................................ 12-13 EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ................................................... 14-15 RESTAURANTS ........................................................................... 16-17 FARMS & FARMERS MARKETS ................................................ 18-19 WINERIES & BREWERIES/GROWLERS ........................................ 19 CONFERENCE CENTER ........................................................................... 20 WEDDING, MEETING & EVENT VENUES ....................................... 20-21 LODGING ......................................................................................... 22 CAMPGROUNDS .............................................................................. 23 MOVIE THEATERS & FILM ............................................................ 23 VISITORS CENTERS Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce CherokeeChamber.com • DestinationCherokeeGA.com 3605 Marietta Highway, Canton, 770.345.0400 Cherokee County History Museum / Canton Visitors Center CherokeeCountyHistoryMuseum.com 100 North Street, Suite 140, Canton, 770.345.3288 Woodstock Visitors Center VisitWoodstockGA.com 8858 Main Street, Woodstock, 770.924.0406 AIRPORT Cherokee County Regional Airport at Coleman D. Sutton Field Located conveniently off I-575 between Canton and Ball Ground with a state-of-the-art terminal, 5,000 feet of runway, new hangers and comprehensive services to meet all your general aviation needs. Home to over 100 aircraft including helicopters and jets. Explore as part of Georgia’s Flight Trail that promotes airports and their communities throughout Georgia. SSAviation.us 1350 Bishop Road, Ball Ground, 678.454.2090 3 HISTORY & HERITAGE HISTORY & HERITAGE Cherokee County Funk Heritage Center History Museum/ Georgia’s Official Frontier and Canton Visitors Center Southeastern Indian Interpretive Housed in the Historic Marble Center and a certified National Courthouse in Downtown Canton, Park Service Trail of Tears the museum features movies, Interpretive Site. Located on the interactive iPad presentations, campus of Reinhardt University exhibits and artifacts from the in Waleska, visitors will see a collections of the Cherokee film about the Southeastern County Historical Society. Learn Indians, exhibits including dioramas, more about Canton’s rich history artifacts and contemporary with a self-guided Historic American Indian art. The Sellars Downtown Walking Tour and App. Gallery of Historic Hand Tools CherokeeCountyHistoryMuseum.com features an amazing collection of 100 North Street, Suite 140 tools from more than 100 crafts. Canton, 770.345.3288 Walking trails and a gift shop are Historic Marble Courthouse also available. and Jail Reinhardt.Edu/FunkHeritage Built in 1927 and renovated in 7300 Reinhardt Circle 1997, the Cherokee County Waleska, 770.720.5970 Historic Courthouse and Jail is Dean’s Store/ housed in a beautiful five-story Woodstock Visitors Center Classical Revival building made “Where yesterday lives and of native marble that features tomorrow waits.” Located in the a restored chambers and jail heart of downtown Woodstock, quarters. Available for self-guided Dean’s Store provides an tours, the building also houses eclectic blend of history with the Cherokee County History a museum, art gallery, literary Museum and Canton Visitors lounge and gathering place, all Center. within one store. CherokeeCountyHistoryMuseum.com VisitWoodstockGA.com 100 North Street, Suite 140 8858 Main Street Canton, 770.345.3288 Woodstock, 770.924.0406 Georgia National Cemetery Woodstock Trolley Located off GA Hwy. 20, in Enjoy a free ride on Friday Canton, the Department of Veteran and Saturday evenings around Affairs 123rd National Cemetery downtown Woodstock including is proud to serve veterans’ needs stops at Reformation Brewery for generations to come. and The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta. CEM.VA.gov VisitWoodstockGA.com 1080 Scott Hudgens Drive Canton, 770.479.9300 866.236.8159 4 DestinationCherokeeGA.com ADDITIONAL POINTS OF INTEREST A.W. Roberts House Gresham’s Mill An example of the changing architecture The site of an early Cherokee settlement in the South from the mid 19th to early and later a gold mine in the early 20th centuries, the original portion of 1830′s. This was also a military removal this private home dates back to 1855. encampment for the Georgia Militia On the National Register of during the “Trail of Tears” in 1838. Historic Properties. Off I-575/Sixes Road, Exit 11 150 A.W. Roberts Drive, Ball Ground Joseph E. Brown Park Battle of Taliwa Born in 1821 in South Carolina, Marker noting the site of this major Joseph E. Brown grew up in Georgia mid-1700’s Cherokee-Creek Indian where he taught school and read battle is located in downtown Ball Ground. law at night. He was elected State On GA 372 at the railroad tracks, Senator, Judge of the Superior Court, Ball Ground and Governor during the Civil War. His Canton home stood near the Historic Rock Barn current park. Restored rock barn, once home to 151 Elizabeth Street, Canton world-class race horses, is maintained by the Cherokee County Historical Old Train Depot Society and is available for private Once the hub of commerce for Holly events. On the National Register of Springs in the early 1900′s, now the Historic Places. renovated station serves as a community 658 Marietta Highway, Canton meeting and special events facility. 164 Hickory Road, Holly Springs Canton Public Square Marker noting the creation of Cherokee Riverview Cemetery County in 1832 from Cherokee One of the county’s oldest historic Indian lands with our community being cemeteries and final resting place named in their honor. of many pioneer citizens and their 100 North Street, Canton descendants. Many lovely markers are carved from marble quarried locally. Cherokee Gold Located behind the Cherokee County Marker noting mines extending south- Arts Center and Historic Courthouse. westerly across the county including 100 North Street, Canton the Sixes Nine, worked earlier by the Cherokee. After the 1860′s, most gold Trail of Tears Marker mining operations in the county In May and June 1838, after being slowed or ceased. forced from their homes at gunpoint 100 North Street, Canton by State and Federal armies, Cherokee Indians were marched under military Ft. Buffington Marker guard along what is now Yellow Creek Fort Buffington was built in the 1830′s Road and Old Federal Road to by local militia and was one of about 25 internment camps in Tennessee. stockades in the Cherokee Indian Nation 3-mile marked section of Yellow Creek used by Federal and State troops Road and Old Federal Road, Ball Ground during the Cherokee Removal in 1838. 4568 Cumming Highway, Canton 5 ARTS, GARDENS & SHOPPING ARTS GARDENS Cherokee Arts Center