Hike at Roswell Mill

The hiking trails start behind the mill main buildings. Free parking is available. The hike down to the hydropower ruins and the Vickery Creek dam is about 2 miles long. It is little downhill and an “in-and-out trail” but over all easy to walk . Stairs must be taken to visit the hydropower ruins and the dam, the covered bridge is wheel chair accessable.

Roswell Mill was best known for producing finished textiles originating from raw materials grown on nearby plantations. The mill was part of a series of mills located along the Vickery Creek in Fulton County, GA.

The original mill was constructed in 1839 but was burned down by Union Forces in 1864.

Hydropower from Vickery Creek powered the mill also remnants of various buildings are still visible. The covered bridge spanning the Vickery Creek has been rebuilt and is part of a hiking trail in the Chattahoochee River Recreation Area.

See also:

Roswell Park and Trail Maps

Trail & Parking on Google Maps

Roswell founders cemetery

Roswell’s historic cemeteries

Roswell MillFormally the largest cotton mill in North Georgia

The Founders Cemetery of Roswell is located on Sloan Street close to Roswell Mill. Parking is available in front of the cemetrery. The cemetery was used from 1840 to 1860. Among the distinguished

dead who rest here are Roswell´s founder, Roswell King; Major James Stephens Bulloch, grandfather of president Theodore Roosevelt and grandson of Archibald Bulloch, first president of Georgia; and John

Dunwoody, Esq., builder of Mimosa Hall and his wife, Jane Bulloch Dunwoody. Slaves of the families were also buried in Founders´ Cemetery where there are many unmarked graves.

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