Rock City is a great place to stroll slowly enjoying your steps along the way. Don't rush through the foilage. Take the time to learn about the plants and creatures you see around you! Read the signage.
Otherwise, if you just push through it all, it's money poorly spent. This is not the cheapest attraction. One day (about four hours) for our family was nearly $80 for the six of us.

There are coupons to find for about $1 per person off. check with the Tennessee Convention and Visitors Bureau, and also check on the maps you pick up at the rest areas. Every bit of savings helps!

The kids particularly love the Mother Goose Village and the Hall of Rainbows at Rock City!

The Coolidge Park Water Feature for kids to play in is fantastic. It's a really clean place for the kids to play. If you're visiting this free park (we did 2 years ago) then bring swim suits for the kids (we didn't 2 years ago). They LOVE playing in the fountain (we remembered suits this time!).

There's seating for adults to watch the kids--there are splashing rings and shooting fountains and plenty of fun on a hot day.

It's free, no admission fee. Bathroom at the nearby pavillion are very clean and well-maintained.

Carousel in adjoining pavillion is one of only 3 wooden in the country, and there are plenty of picnic tables, green space and other activities that you could spend an afternoon in this park and have a blast! Free of charge!!!!

Southern Belle Farm is a working farm close to our family and we love to visit their during every season except winter!!

In the spring we go and pick strawberries. In the summer we go and pick blackberries and blueberries. In the fall, they have field trip opportunities that some of my kids have gotten to do, and they also have weekend activities where the entire family can come and do things like hayrides, shooting corn guns, playing on the jumping pillow and more.

There's a huge pavillion where you can bring your own food and eat or you can buy from "Mimi's Kitchen."

The staff is always friendly and we've never had a bad experience. There's also a huge corn maze with several trails each year. They have animals you can meet and pet, bonfires, cow train rides, hay rides and more.

Definitely a place to visit just south of Atlanta!

Our visit to Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield was wonderful! We went on Memorial Day weekend on a Sunday afternoon, so we were able to have a picnic under a tree on a blanket before getting on with the activities of the day.

Once we finished eating we headed inside, where we saw the exhibits....which were quickly and suddenly overshadowed (even in our memories of the indoors) by the live exhibits outside. A group of re-enactors and professionals demonstrated how to load, fire and clean a cannon. It was impressive. (and loud)

We hiked to the top of the mountain on the hiking trails (no strollers)....and this was difficult as I was carrying a 1 year old. But on the way down we opted for the paved road. It's a little more distance because you're going AROUND the mountain instead of straight up and down it.

But we had a good time and got to experience beautiful views and nature up close and personal!

This has got to be one of our favorite parts about the train museum. Both times we have visited we have been greeted by actual trains running back and forth beside the museum. That's always fun for the kids.

Inside the museum there are interactive displays where kids learn about all that goes into making a locomotive (gears, pulleys, etc.). They learn about what old-tyme trains used to do (what they transported and where) and there actual examples at this museum of what was moved where within the state of Georgia.

There's a movie that is a take on the Great Locomotive Chase by Disney. It's not exactly the same but a concise version that tells the story. The last part of the museum is a beautifully restored engine (The General).

Leaving this area takes you into the gift shop and then back into the front lobby. There are also a lot of Civil War memorabilia and items that any Civil War buff would find interesting!

Because of these exhibits I would say the museum appeals to more than one group of people.