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Attractions near Kennesaw

A museum to see in Kennesaw: Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History

Roughly 2.9M visitors a year make it to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. We list one place to visit inside Kennesaw and 73 within 40 miles. They include 41 museums, 10 stadiums & arenas and 4 theme parks. Further afield, Lake Lanier is 41 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
83
within 60 miles
The big one
31 mi
Stone Mountain
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
5
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 31 mi southeast

Stone Mountain

Mountain and state park in Georgia, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

The 73 outside town cluster to the southeast.

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Orange: Kennesaw. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

After the one in town come 82 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Kennesaw lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Kennesaw → · Kennesaw’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History: Unknown, Attribution · Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Lake Lanier: http://www.terraprints.com, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Chattahoochee Nature Center: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Center Parc Stadium: Southernkeith, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bobby Dodd Stadium: Bkporter12, Public domain · Atlanta Beltline: PghPhxNfk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · World of Coca-Cola: w:User:Zpb52, Public domain · Fox Theatre: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Herndon Stadium: MSGT Joseph Pittelli, U.S. Air Force, Public domain · Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Park: Jet Lowe, Public domain · Centennial Olympic Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gas South Arena: fr:File:ArenaatGwinnettCenterSat.png : fr:User:Betp (26 janvier 2008 à 20:19), Public domain · Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest: Thomson200, CC0 · Amicalola Falls: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0 · High Museum of Art: w:User:Atlantacitizen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Zoo Atlanta: Patrick Fitzgerald from Atlanta, GA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Delta Flight Museum: Blurred Ren from Stone Mountain, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fifth Third Stadium: Thomson200, CC0 · Piedmont Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jimmy Carter Library and Museum: Unknown, Public domain · New Echota: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · The Tabernacle: Tim Farley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fernbank Museum of Natural History: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herndon Home: GreaterPonce665, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags White Water: Druidhills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tellus Science Museum: Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mountain State Park: Thomson200, CC0 · Atlanta Botanical Garden: Daderot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Atlanta History Center: Hellohowareyoudoing (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadence Bank Amphitheatre: BullDawg2021, CC BY 4.0 · Chastain Memorial Park: blacklab2013, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: Mikereichold, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Barrington Hall: Galen Parks Smith (Gsmith), CC BY 2.5 · Center for Puppetry Arts: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bulloch Hall: SimonATL at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Grant Park: Scott Ehardt, Public domain · Southeastern Railway Museum: Logg Tandy, CC BY 4.0 · National Center for Civil and Human Rights: Marco Correa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: Keizers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Atlanta Silverbacks Park: Wilson Wise, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michael C. Carlos Museum: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Millennium Gate: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mimms Museum of Technology and Art: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rhodes Hall: Gatrust at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Booth Western Art Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Fernbank Science Center: Eoghanacht, Public domain · Joel Chandler Harris House: Gilford Photography, Public domain · Chieftains Museum: Culby (talk)en:User:Cculber007, Public domain · Savoy Automobile Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Archibald Smith Plantation Home: Bleak23, Public domain · Children's Museum of Atlanta: Carissa Rogers, CC BY 2.0 · Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site: HowardSF at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · David J. Sencer CDC Museum: Jim Gathany, Public domain · Historic Fourth Ward Park: Marc Merlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Design Atlanta: John Ramspott, CC BY 2.0 · Hammonds House Museum: HHMbusiness, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oak Hill & The Martha Berry Museum: Cculber007 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Robert C. Williams Paper Museum: TallQuasar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stately Oaks: Maksim Sundukov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Strand Theatre: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum: Jake Mohan, CC BY 2.0 · Atlanta Contemporary Art Center: BurnAway, CC BY 2.0 · Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Aviation History & Technology Center: Thomson200, CC0 · Museum of Flight: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Roselawn Museum: Amesmultimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barrow County Museum: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heard County Jail: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum: Myotus, CC BY 4.0

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