Six Flags Over Georgia & Stone Mountain Park

Six Flags Over Georgia Hotel Near Six Flags Over Georgia Stone Mountain Park Mountain Park Carving

Get Your Thrills at Six Flags. Six Flags Over Georgia offers 11 roller coasters rides for a wide variety of thrills and chills. The Goliath is a huge roller coaster that soars 200 feet above the park and reaches a top speed of 70 miles per hour on drops of up to 175 feet. Skull Island features three, water-dumping towers, six water slides and hundreds of interactive water elements. The Superman Ultimate Flight is the South's only flying coaster that gives riders the feel of flying face-first through 2,759 feet of twists, turns, sharp dives, high-banked curves, and spirals. The classic Mind Bender was the world's first triple-loop roller coaster, and still offers plenty of fun with its unique treetop views. And, the NINJA is a fast steel coaster that turns upside down five times with upward spirals and corkscrew dives.

Six Flags Over Georgia Entertainment. Six Flags offers a wide variety of shows and entertainment for the whole family, from daily musical and comedy shows, to special concerts and festivals. Enjoy a musical tribute to some of the biggest names in R&B history at the Rhythm & Grooves Drive-in Theatre. Laugh your way through the hilarious hi-jinks of the Sheriff and his bumbling Deputy as they search for notorious criminal, Bad Bob at the Wild West Comedy Gunfight Show. And the smallest family members will enjoy a treat as they join Bugs Bunny for a fun story time at the Six Flags Kids area.

Visit Six Flags Over Georgia. Six Flags Over Georgia is located off Highway 20
in Austell, Georgia about 15 minutes west of downtown Atlanta. The park is open March through October; days and hours vary, so call for more details. One-day entry tickets range from $29.99-$49.99, children two and under are free. Season passes are available for $69.99-$99.00. Call 770-739-3400 or visit www.sixflags.com/parks/overgeorgia/index.asp for tickets or more information.  [Top]

Stone Mountain Park. Stone Mountain is a granite dome located just outside of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the world's largest exposed piece of granite and is well known not only for the enormous bas-relief carving on its north face. As the second largest monolith in the world, Stone Mountain is more than five miles in circumference at its base. The mountaintop is a surreal landscape of bare rock and freshwater rock pools formed by rainwater gathering in eroded depressions. During the rainy season, the pools are home to unusual clam shrimp and fairy shrimp. Hiking enthusiasts can access the summit on a steep walkup trail, and will be rewarded with breathtaking views of the surrounding area, the Atlanta skyline, Kennesaw Mountain and even the Appalachians.

Stone Mountain Park Attractions. Stone Mountain offers a variety of attractions for a full day of family fun. The Skyride is a Swiss cable car that passes the carving on its way to the summit. Enjoy a ride on the Scenic Railroad, a passenger train that circles the mountain, offering a 360-degree view. Visitors can enjoy a scenic cruise aboard a reproduction Mississippi riverboat on Stone Mountain Lake. Or, visit the Antebellum Plantation and Farmyard, a pre-Civil War plantation complete with its original buildings, built between 1790 and 1845. Listen for a daily concert from the 732-bell Carillon that originated at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. And, be sure to visit the covered bridge and gristmill, both dating from the 1800s. The Crossroads Town recreates an 1872 southern town and includes a modern 4-D movie theater featuring a film covering the history of local folk tales.  [Top]

Stone Mountain Park Carving. Conceived in 1909 by Helen Plane, Atlanta’s chapter president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Stone Mountain Park carving is a bas-relief depicting Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis on horseback riding in a group across the mountain. In a fabulous use of the natural shape of the mountain, the horses’ bodies merge into the mountainside at the foot of the carving, giving the appearance that they are emerging from the stone itself. The carving is three acres wide and recedes 42 feet into the mountain. From the initial concept of the carving, design ideas varied, funding was an issue and work was slowed by a procession of stone carvers. After 63 years and four different stone carvers, the project was finally considered finished in 1972. The Stone Mountain carving is open to the public every day of the year. A laser light show is projected on the carving nightly in the summer and offers a unique way to view it, with fireworks at the end of the show.

Visit Stone Mountain Park. Stone Mountain Park is open every day of the year, although hours do vary by date and season. Entrance into Stone Mountain Park requires a one-day parking pass or an annual parking pass. The vehicle fee must be paid in cash at the entrance gates to the park; bicycles and pedestrians can enter at no charge. The parking pass gives you access to the park's numerous outdoor attractions including public picnic areas, hiking trails, the children's playground, walk-up trail and the spectacular laser light show. Stone Mountain Park also offers several other fun attractions. Many of these attractions operate on a seasonal schedule, and ticket pricing varies based upon which attractions are open. Visit www.stonemountainpark.com for information on tickets, events, attraction hours, and laser light show times.  [Top]