Allatoona Pass (1956)

To carry the Western & Atlantic Railroad through the Allatoona Mountains, crews blasted a deep rock cut—a chokepoint so vital that it became the prize in the bloody 1864 Battle of Allatoona Pass.

Allatoona Pass is a historical marker in Allatoona, Bartow County, erected in 1956. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1141, -84.7153 near Allatoona. The nearest cataloged historic site is Battle of Allatoona (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Welcome to Allatoona Pass Battlefield, A Demand For Surrender, and The Battle of Allatoona Pass.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.