I know all Atlantans are familiar with the name Hightower. Did you know it was an Indian trail leading from Augusta, through Social Circle (where it meets with the Cherokee Trail), heads smack through Dunwoody to Roswell, and finally to the Cherokee and Etowah settlements in Northwest Georgia. In fact, this became one of the main trails by which the Metro counties became settled.
The trail winds past Peeler Rd. onto Happy Hollow, through Kingsley, across Mt. Vernon into Dunwoody Club Forest, right past Mon & Dads House through the woods onto Bend Creek, crossing Dunwoody Country Club, Spalding, across Northridge, through Huntcliff, to a river crossing called "Shallow Ford" and onto Azalea Dr. It heads to Marietta from this point.
If you know the historical markers in town, now you know why Maj. Gen. James McPherson left Marietta, crossed the river, and marched through Dunwoody towards the battle of Cross Keys (East Atlanta). It was a well-established trade route by 1864.
Hightower Trail (the road) still goes from Roberts, crosses Roswell Rd. and dead ends into Cherokee Town & Country Club, which is in the middle of Huntcliff and is an amazing course.
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