Nestled just north of the Chattahoochee River, Sope Creek Park is a beautiful urban escape set in a hardwood forest flanking Sope Creek, a tumbling tributary of the Chattahoochee River. The park’s multitude of hiking, walking and mountain biking trails weave and roll through a stream-filled forest, visiting the ruins of a paper mill destroyed in the Civil War and exploring the banks of the park’s rocky creek.

This one-mile (round trip) hike at Sope Creek Park is especially kid-friendly, trailing through a beautiful, wooded forest and descending to the creek’s scenic, rocky banks. This hike’s highlight is a visit to the park’s towering stone ruins of a paper mill, destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War. This hike also explores the mill’s stacked-stone spillway waterfall and drops to the creek’s banks for some peaceful mid-hike relaxation.

• Guided tour