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 the second year in a row, guests can watch the same exact show every night of the celebration.
All attractions are open daily throughout the summer season and an All-Attractions Pass guarantees a full day for families at favorite attractions such as MEGABUGS! Adventure Encounters, Geyser Towers®, SkyHike®, Summit Skyride, the Great Locomotive Chase Adventure Golf, The Dinotorium, Scenic Railroad, Historic Square & Farmyard and Memorial Hall Museum.
To experience Stone Mountain Park and its 3,200 acres of natural beauty, historic sights and family-friendly activities all year round, annual Mountain Memberships guarantees 12 months of adventure. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit stonemountainpark.com.
Listed in Frommer’s 500 Places to Visit with Your Kids Before They Grow Up, and cited by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as one of “35 Natural Wonders in Georgia You Must See Before You Die” and “Best Place to See Fireworks in Atlanta,” Stone Mountain Park is located 16 miles east of downtown Atlanta. To get to the park, take I-285 to Exit 39B, Hwy. 78 East. Stone Mountain Park is at Exit No. 8 on Hwy. 78. More information regarding Stone Mountain Park attractions and hours of operation is available by calling 770-498-5690 or by visiting stonemountainpark.com.
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