Civil War history is beautifully preserved at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Kennesaw National Battlefield Park consists of 2,923 acres of Civil War battleground from the Atlanta Campaign. The battle that was fought in this area occurred from June 19, 1864 to July 2, 1864. More than 67,000 soldiers died or were captured during the Atlanta Campaign.
Prime, Marietta Location
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is located just west of Marietta and two miles from Marietta Square. The park is approximately eight miles long and just one mile wide, and includes the areas once known as the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and the Battle of Kolb’s Farm.
Rising from the area’s Central Uplands, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is the tallest mountain near Atlanta.
Kennesaw National Battlefield Park includes three battlefield areas: in front of the visitor’s center, off Burnt Hickory Road and Cheatham Hill, all which feature historic earthworks, monuments, cannon emplacements, and various interpretive signs.
Kennesaw Battlefield History
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield received protection by the War Department in 1917 and was later transferred to the Department of the Interior as a unit of the National Park System in 1933.
The Battlefield, as described by the US Department of the Interior, was “set aside as an important cultural property dedicated to public inspiration and interpretation of the significant historic events that occurred here.
Park Activities and Surroundings
Visitors of Kennesaw National Battlefield Park can enjoy the sites, natural surroundings and wildlife as they walk through the park’s 17.3 miles of interpretive walking trails. The trails extend from the visitors center and up a 700 foot incline to the mountain’s summit.
Many visitors take shuttle buses to the mountain top while others picnic in the areas surrounding Kolb Farm or observe the abundant wildlife while hiking the park’s trails.
Other sites at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park include a movie on the Atlanta Campaign and the Battle of Kennesaw, an expanded museum which boasts many artifacts and weapons and a bookstore.
Other local, historic sites near Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park include the Atlanta History Center, the Marietta Museum of History, the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, Pickett’s Mill State Historic Site and Red Top Mountain State Park.
More than one million visit Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park every year. As a result, measures have been taken over the past years to ensure that the park’s fragile historic sites and ecosystem.
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