Grab some friends, a cooler full of beer, and a ton of sunscreen and spend the day floating down the river! Tubing the Chattahoochee River is a popular summer activity for Atlanta’s locals and ...

Catch up quick: In the late 1960s, pollution, creeping suburban sprawl and increased environmental awareness sparked a movement to turn the deep forests along the Chattahoochee River, just west of ...

Our lives rely on systems. Flush the toilet, the sewage system takes it away. Flip an electrical switch, the lights turn on.

With the South’s long, hot summers and refreshingly cool, spring and rain-fed rivers, it’s no surprise that tubing has become ...

Historians consider the 11 remaining weirs the oldest traces of the people who settled along the river. They are thought to have given the Chattahoochee its name, “the river of painted rocks ...

Five of the 29 young victims killed in the late 1970s and early 1980s—the infamous Missing Child Murders—were found along the Chattahoochee. In 2012, men fishing near Akers Mill found the body ...

Christina Maggitas, Editor, Travel This massive national recreation area is actually 15 individual land units connected by 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River. In addition to being fun to say ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — Brittany Jones loves spending time in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. It includes more than 60 miles of hiking trails and 15 land units from Buford Dam to ...

It's a mystery that's been happening for decades: decapitated goats getting dumped into Atlanta's Chattahoochee River. Since the 1990s, headless goat carcasses have been popping up in the ...

There are still several restaurants around the city where you can take in waterfront views of both the river and its creeks.