A-Z Things to Do Around and About Alpharetta

Families are preparing to report for duty at the all-new LEGO City Event at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta. Guests will become a LEGO City Hero by completing many interactive and fun challenges. From creating a LEGO police car to filming a daring police chase, the LEGO City Event will be bustling with new interactive activities. Kids can also snap the perfect picture with a LEGO policewoman to celebrate becoming a LEGO City Hero.

The LEGO City Event includes the following activities which are all included with purchase of admission:

Direct and Film Your Own LEGO Chase
Guests can make their own stop motion police chase mini movie by creating a personalized police pursuit scene out of LEGO bricks and chasing down a burger burglar, rabbit robber or even a big brother!

Zip In For The Rescue
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No; it’s a LEGO Helicopter zipping into action. Families can work together or compete to make their best LEGO Helicopter dash into action for the rescue.

Ultimate Pursuit Vehicle
What does the ultimate police car look like? Kids can create their own wicked-cool police pursuit vehicle to conquer any LEGO rescue mission, then display their amazing vehicle and show-off the bricktastic build on the LEGOLAND Discovery Center Cool Creations Wall.

For a list of planned activities, attraction hours and ticket prices, visit http://bit.ly/legocityldca or connect with LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta on Facebook.

Library Events

Click HERE for AMO’s article on local library events that are FREE. Events range from infant to teenagers and adult!

Lowes Build & Grow

Free Kids Clinics offered 1-2x per month on Saturdays year round from 10 a.m. – 11:00 a.m

Medieval Times 

Medieval Times is a thrilling, family-friendly dinner attraction inspired by an 11th-century feast and tournament. Guests are served a four-course banquet and cheer for one of six Knights competing in the joust and other tests of skill.  See AMO’s post here with more detail on this fun entertainment for the family.

Six Flags Over Georgia

Six Flags Over Georgia the Thrill Capital of the South— announces the tallest swinging pendulum ride in the Southeast, Pandemonium, makes its world debut on May 24. Towering an incredible 15-stories tall—this exhilarating thrill ride reaches speeds up to 70 miles per hour, as it whips back and forth—higher and higher to give riders stunning views of the breathtaking Atlanta city skyline.

“Six Flags is the industry leader in innovation and our goal is to reach new heights every year,” said Park President Dale Kaetzel. “Pandemonium is the perfect mix of mayhem and adrenaline in one action-packed ride, giving our Members and Season Pass Holders yet another exciting, new attraction to experience with family and friends.”

Pandemonium is an oversized pendulum ride that sends riders on a dizzying journey to extreme heights; delivering epic, high-flying thrills for guests of all ages.

Pandemonium highlights:

• Riders soar through the air at speeds of 70 miles per hour;
• The pendulum swings back and forth while rotating counterclockwise; and
• As guests swing higher and higher, they experience a feeling of weightlessness while flying an exhilarating 147 feet in the air.

Pandemonium is the centerpiece of the park’s new ScreamPunk-themed area, featuring four exciting rides, four revamped food locations and the all-new Pandemonium Gift Shop.

Six Flags 2019 Memberships and Season Passes are currently on sale. Members can now enjoy priority park entry, preferred parking and tremendous discounts of up to 50% on nearly all food and merchandise purchases all season long. Gold Plus, Platinum, Diamond and Diamond Elite levels are available featuring all the perks of a Season Pass plus other benefits including admission to all Six Flags branded theme and waterparks, skip the line passes, unlimited soft drinks and much more! For more information, visit the Membership Sales Center or www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia and sign up.

About Six Flags Entertainment Corporation

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is the world’s largest regional theme park company with $1.5 billion in revenue and 26 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. For 58 years, Six Flags has entertained millions of families with world-class coasters, themed rides, thrilling waterparks and unique attractions. For more information, visit www.sixflags.com.

Southeastern Railway Museum

Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History

Southern Museum offers a Mommy & ME preschool program every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 am. Designed for preschool age children ages three to five-years-old and their caregivers, the Museum’s history, themes and exhibits provide a fun and exciting starting point for educational activities. Free with museum admission. No reservations required.

The Southern Museum, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, is a premier metro Atlanta museum, featuring exhibits on Civil War and locomotive history. The Southern Museum is home to the General locomotive, stolen during the Civil War’s Great Locomotive Chase; a reproduction of the locomotive assembly line from the Glover Machine Works; weapons, uniforms and every day items of Civil War soldiers; and the Jolley Education Center that features train history, hands-on activities for children and Georgia’s French Gratitude Train.  Kennesaw

Stone Mountain Park

Find Adventure at Stone Mountain’s Annual Summer at the Rock Event!

All new Butterfly Adventures, special performances and more featured daily June 8 through July 28.
Families don’t have to travel far to find adventure this summer. Georgia’s most visited attraction, Stone Mountain Park, is hosting its annual Summer at the Rock June 8 through July 28. With plenty of fun-filled activities, summer entertainment, interactive attractions, outdoor recreation, and more, Stone Mountain Park offers options for families to unplug and reconnect all summer long.

New this year is Butterfly Adventures, an interactive experience where families enter a habitat filled with over 1,000 beautiful butterflies. With opportunities to feed butterflies, learn about their lifecycle, watch a caterpillar metamorphosis and also learn how to create a butterfly garden, this is a fun-filled experience for guests of all ages enjoy.

Also new this summer are live performances by the Zuzu African Acrobats as seen on America’s Got Talent. Originally from Mombasa, Kenya, these amazing athletes feature high-energy, traditional entertainment from East Africa including incredible feats of agility, limbo, contortion, pyramid building, comedy and much more. It’s a non-stop, thrill-a-minute production for the whole family.

Plenty of other performances will keep families entertained throughout the summer including International Rockin’ Rhythms, an adventure across the globe, one song at a time; Alf and Ralph: Mystery at Pebble Ridge, a hilarious whodunnit train ride aboard the Scenic Railroad; Ask Dave, the Great Rock! everyone’s favorite giant talking boulder and self-proclaimed world expert, and so much more.

The nightly Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision has added yet another exciting element this year—a giant fire wheel. Known as a Catherine Wheel, Stone Mountain Park’s is the largest in North America and features fireworks which display bright colors over 50 feet in diameter while causing the wheel to turn even faster.

From July 1 through July 7, the park is lighting up the sky every night during its Fantastic Fourth Celebration following the Lasershow Spectacular with a special patriotic fireworks finale. For a second year in a row, guests can watch the same exact show every night of the celebration.

Treetop Quest

Are you looking for something adventurous AND nature-oriented? Treetop Quest is an aerial adventure park which means ziplines and obstacles in the trees!  2 locations in Gwinnett and Dunwoody. Great family fun for ages 4 and up!  Come swing in our trees with us!

Treetop Quest is a self-guided activity comprised of treetop obstacles and zip-lines. Our courses range in difficulty from easy to very challenging, so the entire family will have a blast!  Once you are equipped, we will teach you how to operate your equipment and you will be good to swing through each course as many times as you want, for 2.5 hours (according to age limit as indicated below).

Waterfalls/Hiking

10 Waterfalls Worthy of a Trip by Explore Georgia! 

Amicalola Falls at Amicalola Falls State Park which is Cherokee for “tumbling waters,” boasts seven cascades at Amicalola Falls State Park. At 729 feet, it is the tallest waterfall in the state. Located in the Northeast Georgia Mountains north of Dawsonville, the park and falls are a perfect family destination for the adventure set. Plan to spend the day hiking the trails near the waterfalls, ranging from short journeys to an eight-mile approach trail that will lead you to Springer Mountain, the southern end of the Appalachian Trail. When you’re ready to rest, options range from camping, to a more hotel-style mountain-top lodge, to the Len Foote Hike Inn, Georgia’s only backcountry lodge, reachable by a 5-mile hike.

Tallulah Falls in Tallulah Gorge State Park is a series of six falls cascading through the 1,000-foot-deep Tallulah Gorge. Snap a photo of your view from the suspension bridge swaying 80 feet above the gorge floor.  An easily accessible pathway leads to Toccoa Falls, a 186-foot, free-falling waterfall on the campus of Toccoa Falls College.  Anna Ruby Falls, formed by Curtis and York creeks, are local favorites in Helen. Hike the easy-to-moderate half-mile trail from the parking lot to the foot of the falls, and you just might agree.

Angel Falls Trail in Rabun offers two waterfall gems. Hike about a half-mile to view Panther Creek Falls and then continue on, passing by rhododendron, mountain laurel and American holly, to Angel Falls. Holcomb Creek Falls in Clayton is yet another hike that rewards your effort with double waterfalls. First, find the 120-foot drop of Holcomb Creek Falls and then continue to the viewing deck at the foot of Ammons Falls.  To see Raven Cliff Falls, near Helen, is about a five-mile round-trip hike. Savor the beautiful views of Dodd Creek as you make your way to the 90-foot drop of the main attraction.

The 100-foot, stair-stepping falls of Minnehaha Falls in Tallulah Falls inspire many a photo op, particularly in spring when the surrounding forest puts on a display of blooms.  DeSoto Falls, near Cleveland, is named after the Spanish explorer Hernando Desoto, who traveled through the region in the 16th century. It’s located in the Chattahoochee National Forest.  If you’re visiting Vogel State Park, make a pit stop at Helton Creek Falls, to see these family-friendly falls. In the summer, wear your swimsuits and splash around in the pool at the bottom of the falls.

Also, the Vickery Creek Trail (also known as Big Creek) in Roswell is a pretty 2-mile hike with a beautiful waterfall. The hike starts just off Riverside Road in Roswell, climbs over a series of short ridges and then descends to a man-made waterfall that was once the site of an old mill. The Vickery Creek Trail explores the historic Roswell Mill and the surrounding rolling forest on the banks of Big Creek, also known as Vickery Creek, near Roswell, Georgia. It’s one of the best hikes in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area parks near Atlanta, though its trails don’t follow the banks of the Chattahoochee River. Instead, this hike explores the historic remains of Roswell Mill and visits the mill’s spillway dam waterfall on a Chattahoochee River tributary. The 5+ mile Vickery Creek trail network hikes through beautiful, rolling forest and catches views of the rushing dam waterfall from a steep rock bluff.  The hike crosses a wood bridge at 2.5 miles, the sound of falling water echoing through the forest. The hike visits the southern bank of the Roswell Mill waterfall from a tall bluff alongside its rushing, tumbling waters.  The hike reaches a covered bridge at 3 miles. The view from the bridge upstream is beautiful, as Vickery Creek cascades over a rock creek bed. Reaching the end of the covered bridge, the hike hangs a right, following the trail eastbound and passing a historic brick machine shop. The trail reaches the ruins of the old Roswell Mill, looping around the mill, the old rusted mill chase, and catching an up-close view of the dam waterfall and spillway waterfall from Vickery Creek’s northern bank.

Yellow River Game Ranch

Yellow River Game Ranch is a popular destination to encounter, feed and pet animals.  Located 2 1/2 miles east of Stone Mtn on Hwy 78, it offers a chance to meet wildlife on a close and personal basis. Stroll along a mile-long trail on 24 wooded acres and encounter white-tailed deer, bunnies, buffalo, sheep, kid goats, black bears and more!

Woodruff Arts Center