Location: Acworth
Top Things to do in Acworth
The 10 Best Things to Do in Acworth, United States
Acworth is a city in Cobb County Georgia, United States. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The 2016 estimate for Acworth's population is 28,502. As of the 2010 census, this city had a population of 20,425, up from 13,422 in 2000. Acworth is located in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains along the southeastern banks of Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona on the Etowah River. Unincorporated areas known as Acworth extend into Bartow, Cherokee and Paulding counties respectively.
Restaurants in Acworth
1. Paradise Rental Boats
Overall Ratings
5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By sreach2017 - Canton, Georgia
Rented a boat from Paradise for our daughters sweet 16 party and they had a blast! We had rented from them several times before and knew this would be a great time! Boats are well maintained, staff is friendly, knowledgeable and customer service has always been above and beyond.
2. Swift-Cantrell Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 198 reviews
Swift-Cantrell Park serves as one of the premier recreation, relaxation and central gathering places for area residents. Park hours of operation are from 7 am to 10 pm. At 42 acres, the City's largest community park features: two age appropriate playgrounds, a dog park, a skate park, a splash pad, three picnic pavilions, three restroom buildings, a one mile perimeter asphalt trail, a half-mile inner-loop ashpalt trail, shade structures, acres of open turf for passive recreation, drinking fountains and restrooms.
Reviewed By Melanie M - Kennesaw, Georgia
My daughter is a cross country runner and this park offers a great place to practice. It is in a great location and we feel safe with her running there. Great place for families to enjoy!
3. LakePoint Sports
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 40 reviews
Reviewed By Clint S - Canton, Georgia
There the outdoor mulit-sports complex 8 baseball fields, some soccer fields and multi-purpose fields. A large multi-sport indoor facility as well for mainly volleyball and basket ball. Some beach volleyball courts and a zip-line wake board facility are nearby. A few places to eat and hotels. They are still adding more. As far as hosting events, its a very good venue. Bring plenty of money. They have to fund it.
4. Booth Western Art Museum
Overall Ratings
5 based on 455 reviews
The Booth Western Art Museum, an Affiliate to the Smithsonian Institution, is a 120,000 square foot museum located in Cartersville, Georgia, where guests are invited to See America's Story through contemporary Western artwork, a Presidential Gallery, Civil War art gallery, and Sagebrush Ranch, an interactive children's gallery. Open since August 2003, Booth Museum is the only museum of its kind in the Southeast and is the second largest art museum in the state of Georgia.
Reviewed By charleslambert392 - Tucker, Georgia
3 nice exhibits showing different perspectives. One was a graphic arts style painting exhibit. Great western art in a new perspective and color palette.
The photo exhibit showed many aspects of western life from several cultural viewpoints. Great range of subject matter.
Preserving native culture exhibit was very thought provoking by showing the old ways and ties to current times and issues.
Additionally local artists had a great exhibit downstairs in a variety of formats.
Always fun to see what has been changed out each time we go.
5. Cauble Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By Donald B - Kennesaw, United States
I recently revisited this park/beach/lake. I found it to be so peaceful, and that is what I loved about it. After a death in the family I have visited and just sat and prayed. It was just what I needed. There is activity but it is easy to find a quiet spot and just get lost in your thoughts. The park seems to have something for everyone. Walkers, joggers, dog lovers, boats, picnics, cookouts, it has everything including finding peace if that is what you need.
6. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 775 reviews
Site of a crucial Civil War battle offers a modern visitor center and a number of hiking trails on its grounds.
Reviewed By HCovik - Atlanta, Georgia
We've taken many foreign guests to the mountain and every single one was impressed by the visitor center. The way civil war history is displayed is very succinct and absolutely superb. The movie is a must.
Well, of course the mountain was waiting patiently in the mean time. Let me put it this way, it's not wheelchair friendly. The walk is absolutely stunning, but strenuous. Flip flops won't do it. If you payed attention at the visitor center you'd be amazed at how the confederates were able to drag their canons all the way up to the top of the mountain. I hope they had what you had, ample water.
The top of the mountain offers a scenic panorama of the surrounding area. If you're up to it, you can climb further up to the canons and the next hill.
You can either go down the same path, or take the paved road down.
Just climbing the mountain taking the dirt path makes the view so much more rewarding.
Oh, by the way, parking is a problem, at least at the location itself, so you'll see people parked along side the road.
7. Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 293 reviews
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History As a prestigious Smithsonian Affiliations member, the Museum provides visitors with a unique perspective on the strategic and economic use of railroads during and after the Civil War. The Museum, conveniently located near downtown Kennesaw, Georgia is home to the General locomotive, made famous during the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862, an impressive Civil War collection, and the Glover Machine Works, a restored early 20th-century belt-driven locomotive assembly line. The Jolley Education Center offers numerous hands-on and interactive exhibits that are fun for the entire family, and the Cobb Energy Gallery features traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), as well as other sources! The Southern Museum’s educational programs reinforce classroom learning by connecting historical information with actual artifacts.
Reviewed By rsr6 - Bel Air, Maryland
Modest, but excellent presentation and interpretation of railroads and the Civil War. Also, great for mechanical engineers, especially if you like 19th century equipment and processes. Begins with photo,artifact, and diorama exhibit of the overall story of RRs in the war. Then you move into the nearby Marietta. GA, Glover Machine Works presentation where an amazing collection of wooden patterns of just about every part that is sand cast for a period locomotive was serendipitously saved from destruction, preserved, and presented in the well laid out exhibit. There is a video on how the wooden patterns were used to make the sand molds and how the molten iron was poured into the molds and the parts cast for the locomotive assembly. You can even make some rub-outs of some of the simpler patterns for a souvenir. From the casting/machine shop of the Glover plant, you move into a re-assembled portion of the loco assembly floor, with parts for two small locos laid out and the locos partially assembled. Two side wall areas presented the only restored, belt driven assembly line in the country (the East Broad Top narrow gauge in Orbisonia still has an original belt drive machine shop with all the machinery, but it has not been restored), including machining equipment. An O-gauge diorama of the entire Glover complex shows how the site looked in the 19th century. From there you move into the movie theater for a re-make of the '60s (I think) Disney movie of the "Great Locomotive Chase" starring one of my favorite Disney actors from my youth, Fess Parker. Small exhibit of memorabilia from that movie included the coat worn by Fess as part of his costume. Exiting the theater you enter the Raiders Gallery to learn more of the actual raiders and their fates. Next is a small exhibit about actual raid itself, including photos taken today of the locations still visible from the original RR line on which the raid occurred. Next is the Medal of Honor exhibit honoring the Confederate conductor of the train the raiders stole and his bull-dogged determination to get his train back. The piece de resistance is the restored "General" itself in a 360-walk around gallery, with a 2nd level balcony looking down head on at the loco. The gift shop was well-stocked with a wide variety of related items and the staff were very gracious to us. My wife and I spent about 3 1/2 hours in the museum and I could have spent more reading all the interpretations. Also in the museum is Georgia' "Gratitude Car" - a specially painted box car from WWII donated by France in gratitude for our sacrifices for that nation. Each state received one. There was also a surprising large and spacious education center for youth with a lot of interactive railroading displays. Sadly, the interactive locomotive engineer software was malfunctioning as my wife sat in a diesel engineer's cab with some controls and tried to drive a loco.Site is a GREAT location to watch a very busy two-track CSX mainline right outside the museum, with a lot of traffic between Atlanta and Chattanooga.
8. Cobblestone Golf Course
Overall Ratings
4 based on 44 reviews
A scenic golf course that is a county-owned facility.
Reviewed By William M
This is a beautiful location, very interesting layout, difficult in areas, and "could" be a very fun place to play golf.....HOWEVER....... I have never been to a course in the world where I was under constant and continuous observation. You drive up to the first tee after a more than wonderful gentleman assists you with your clubs in the cart. Then as you approach the Starter, his first words are: "if you slow down the group behind we will have you pick up and move on!!" WHAT???? We could have all been scratch golfers (which we are far from) but admonishment before you even tee off!!!! Then he goes over the rules where you can drive the cart...same rules as listed on the placard in the cart. After hitting an iron shot (a beautiful 5 iron to the green!!) I laid my club down by my divot, walked forward, picked up the divot and replaced it. From nowhere the Marshall appears and tells me NOT to replace my divots, sand instead!! Again...WHAT!!!! First time on any course I have ever heard not to replace your divot!! After the ninth hole we stopped for a refreshment, but the group who had been behind us did not. They were on the tee as we approach so we let them play on. As we were waiting for them to clear, a two-some pulled up. As a four-some not wanting to hold them up, we invited them to play through. Again, here comes the Marshall admonishing us for stopping, then allowing others to play through??? Again...WHAT???? Then further admonishment...."you need to keep up with the two-some!! We managed to make it through the back nine with only one additional, "you drove the cart a little too far into the rough!!" On the last tee we had to wait for the group ahead to clear...not the two-some, but the original four-some we allowed to play through on number 10!! The two-some was long ahead of them!! When we finished and returned the cart, there again was the very nice gentleman who cleaned our clubs and took them from the cart to the curbside. At least we ended with a smiling face!!! Bottom line, again this course is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Lush and well kept. They just need to learn to RELAX!!!!! Let people enjoy their game. This is a public course, but at times felt like I was in the recreation yard at the Georgia State Pen!!!
9. Red Top Mountain State Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 288 reviews
This popular park on Lake Allatoona is ideal for swimming, water skiing and fishing. Visitors can bring their own boats or rent from nearby marinas. A sand swimming beach is nestled in a cove and surrounded by trees, providing a great place to cool off during summer. Picnic shelters and group shelters may be rented for meetings, parties, reunions and other celebrations. Guests often stay overnight in rental cottages, a spacious campground or the park’s lakeside yurt. While best known for the 12,000-acre lake, Red Top Mountain is also a hiker’s haven. More than 15 miles of trails wind through the forested park, providing opportunities for exercise and nature photography. A short, paved trail behind the park office is suitable for wheelchairs and strollers, welcoming guests to explore a reconstructed 1860s homestead. The gravel-topped 4-mile Iron Hill Trail is open to both hikers and bikers, offering pretty views of the lake’s shoreline.Named for the soil’s rich red color caused by high iron-ore content, Red Top Mountain was once an important mining area. Iron pour programs are occasionally held near the Vaughn Cabin behind the park office.
Reviewed By Kurt M - Jacksonville, North Carolina
Spent Christmas with the family in a couple little cabins at Red Top Mountain State Park. The staff was very accommodating at check-in, the facilites were rustic, yet clean and charming. The view of the water was lovely and watching the sunrise and sunset on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day was sublime. Our two cabins were equipped with kitchens, basic cooking items, charcoal grill outside in a fire pit, two full bathrooms, large seating area, and wood burning fireplace. When you visit be sure to bring some firewood as the wood we purchased from a local vendor was still damp.
10. NCG Cinema
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By William H - Chatsworth, Georgia
This was our first time coming to this theater. The first thing that really struck me was the ticket prices and the concession prices. Extremely well priced given that it's a movie theater and good cheap eats. Once in the theater we went to the extreme Atmos theater with a very large screen and wide comfortable seats all in all it was a pleasure to enjoy the movie with
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