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McIntosh Reserve
Tucked along a bend in the Chattahoochee River between Newnan and Carrollton, McIntosh Reserve is both scenic and historic ground.

In the heart of the park is the grave of William McIntosh. This half-Scot Creek Indian chief, who fought alongside Gen. Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814, was allowed to keep this scenic parcel of land for his services in negotiating the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825. By the terms of this treaty, the Creeks were forced to cede all their ancestral lands in Georgia to the state. McIntosh was considered by many Creeks a traitor to his people and was murdered at the reserve three months later.

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Fees: Free admittance
Hours of operation: Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
How to get there: McIntosh Reserve is on Ga. 5 near Whitesburg, about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta.
More info: 770-830-5879; Website

More hiking around Atlanta
• Amicalola Falls
• Black Rock Mountain
• Chattahoochee River National Rec. Area
• Cloudland Canyon State Park
• Kennesaw Mountain
• McIntosh Reserve
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• Red Top Mountain
• Reynolds Nature Preserve
• State Botanical Garden of Georgia
• Stone Mountain
• Sweetwater Creek
• Tallulah Gorge State Park
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