Red Top Mountain State Park is a state park in the

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. It is located in the northwestern part of the state, on the northwestern edge of

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, in southeastern

Bartow County Bartow County is located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,901, up from 100,157 in 2010. The county seat is Cartersville. Traditionally considered part of northwest Georgia, B ...

near

Cartersville Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, Bartow County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States; it is located within the northwest edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city ha ...

. Named for

iron Iron () is a chemical element with Symbol (chemistry), symbol Fe (from la, Wikt:ferrum, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 element, group 8 of the periodic table. It is, Abundanc ...

-rich Red Top Mountain, the park covers 1,776 acres (6.32 km²) on a peninsula jutting north into

Lake Allatoona 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 ...

, formed on the park's north and east sides by the Etowah River arm and on the west by

Allatoona Creek Allatoona is an unincorporated community in Bartow County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The community is located along Allatoona Creek, southeast of Cartersville. It was once a small mining community until a dam was erected at the base of th ...

arm. During the 1864 Atlanta Campaign of the

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, the

Battle of Allatoona Pass The Battle of Allatoona, also known as the Battle of Allatoona Pass, was fought October 5, 1864, in Bartow County, Georgia, and was the first major engagement of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. A Confederate divisi ...

was fought on a

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field near the park. (The battle of Allatoona Pass National Historical Registry Marker is across Lake Allatoona on the south side, off Allatoona Road, or the Emerson exit off

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.) The park's main popularity however comes from being near

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, and just off Interstate 75. It is one of the most-visited parks in the state. A modern lodge was constructed in 1985, but closed, along with the restaurant and conference rooms, June 30, 2010, due to statewide budget cuts.

Facilities

Red Top Mountain State Park homestead log cabin

*36 tent/ trailer/ RV sites *52 Walk-In Campsites *1

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*18 cottages (sleep 8, available in one-bath or two-bath, 2 dog-friendly cottages available) *Swimming

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(seasonal) *

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s *7

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s *Two group shelters (seat 100 and 250) *1 Pioneer campground *Small putt-putt course

Annual events

*Hills of Iron (March) *Springtime at the Homestead (April) *Mountain Music Series (May - July) *Harvest Time at the Homestead (September) *Battle of Allatoona Pass (October)

References

External links

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Friends of Red TopRed Top Mountain State Park
From About North Georgia
Visit Cartersville GeorgiaGeorgia Getaway
{{authority control Protected areas of Bartow County, Georgia State parks of Georgia (U.S. state)

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