Sweetwater Creek
United States, Georgia
About Sweetwater Creek
Just 15 miles from downtown Atlanta, this 2,549-acre park preserves the haunting brick ruins of the New Manchester textile mill, destroyed by Union forces during the Civil War. The five-story mill ruins, a filming location for The Hunger Games, stand alongside whitewater rapids on Sweetwater Creek. Over nine miles of trails explore the ruins, rock shelters used for thousands of years, and a 215-acre reservoir.