Sope Creek Park offers over 3 miles of hiking, mountain biking and running trails. The Sope Creek Trail travels to the multi-story ruins of a paper mill, destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War. Beside the ruins, Sope Creek flows wide and shallow, coursing through angular shoals under a canopy of trees towards the wide Chattahoochee River just downstream.

Cost: $3 for a day long parking pass

Time: 9am–10pm

Location: Sope Creek, National Park Service, 3760 Paper Mill Rd SE, Marietta 30067

For more info: http://www.atlantatrails.com/hiking-trails/a-getaway-close-to-home-sope-creek/

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