Outdoors | Rome, Georgia
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Chattooga River of Chattooga County
Georgia's "other" Chattooga River snakes between the Armuchee Ridges in the northwestern corner of the state. Docile in character, the river gurgles gently through the towns and industry of Trion, Summerville, and Lyerly on its way to the Coosa River in Weiss Lake.
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Coosa River
Rome, GA, Outdoors, Paddling Guides
The Coosa River is formed as the waters of the Etowah and the Oostanaula merge in downtown Rome. As it chugs along toward Alabama, the river largely leaves the industrial development of Rome behind and the surrounding land reverts to gentle form land hills.
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Coosa River Basin Initiative
The Coosa River Basin Initiative is a 501c3 grassroots environmental organization based in Rome, Georgia with the mission of informing and empowering citizens so that they may become involved in the process of creating a clean, healthy and economically viable Coosa River Basin.
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Little River Canyon
Located approximately 40 miles west of Rome, Georgia, the Little River Canyon is an impressive sandstone-granite gorge through which a sparkling clear stream runs. The Little River has deep mirror-surfoced pools, gentle ripples, and boulder-smashing, highly technical whitewater.
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Oostanaula River
The name Oostanaula is a derivation of the Cherokee phrase for "Shoal River. " The inspiration behind the name is a mystery, since the gradient of the stream averages less than 1 foot per mile. There are occasionally ripples, but rapids are nonexistent as the river loops lazily across Gordon and Floyd Counties on its way to Rome, where it combines with the Etowah to form the Coosa River.
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Coosa Nature Center
Rome Georgia Family Vacations
Summer camps and live reptile and animal displays.
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Lock & Dam Regional Park
In addition to being a good place to enjoy both the outdoors and water, the Lock and Dam Park illustrates the region’s (and all of Georgia’s) early river history.
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Weiss - Lake Weiss
Georgia lakes. Boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, camping, picnicking, lodging and other lake-related activities in northwest Georgia.
