Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia.Photo: Mikereichold, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Park
- Description: heritage site in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
- Also known as: “KEMO” and “Kennesaw Mountain NBP”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Little Kennesaw Mountain and Kennesaw Mountain.
Little Kennesaw Mountain
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Little Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain in Cobb County, Georgia, northwest of Marietta and south of Kennesaw. It is a sub-peak of Kennesaw Mountain, the site of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the 1864 Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War.
Kennesaw Mountain
Peak
Photo: Thomson200, CC0.
Kennesaw Mountain is a mountain between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia in the United States with a summit elevation of 1,808 feet. It is the highest point in the core metro Atlanta area, and fifth after further-north exurban counties are considered. Kennesaw Mountain is situated 1½ miles northeast of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Strand Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Strand Theatre is a multi-use performing arts and film center in Marietta, Georgia, United States. Originally built in 1935 by the Manning-Winks Theatre Company as an art deco movie palace, it is currently the home of the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, a nonprofit arts organization specializing in live theatre, classic movies, concerts, comedy, and other special events. Strand Theatre is situated 2½ miles east of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northwest Marietta Historic District and Marietta.
Northwest Marietta Historic District
Quarter
Photo: RudyTravis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Northwest Marietta Historic District is a 230-acre historic district in Marietta, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Northwest Marietta Historic District is situated 2 miles east of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Marietta
Photo: HowardSF, Public domain.
Marietta is a city of 61,000 people in Metro Atlanta. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Dobbins Air Reserve Base on the south side of town and a Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant are among the major industries in the city.
Elizabeth
Suburb
Elizabeth was an incorporated municipality in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, that existed de jure from 1885 to 1995. Originally incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on October 5, 1885, as the town of Elizabeth, it never began functioning as a municipality; in particular, no historical evidence exists that the town held any elections for mayor and the city council. Elizabeth is situated 3 miles northeast of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Category: National Battlefield Park
- Location: Cobb, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Polish—“Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park”
- French: “Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park”
- Polish: “Park Historyczny Góry Kennesaw”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kennesaw Memorial Park and Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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