Red Top Mountain

Red Top Mountain SP https://gastateparks.org/RedTopMountain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Top_Mountain_State_Park Red Top Mountain State Park is located in the northwestern part of Georgia, on the northwestern edge of metro Atlanta, in southeastern Bartow County near Cartersville. Named for iron-rich Red Top Mountain, the park covers 1,776 acres (6.32 km²) on a peninsula jutting north into Lake Allatoona, formed on the park's north and east sides by the Etowah River arm and on the west by Allatoona Creek arm.

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