Amicalola is a Cherokee word meaning "tumbling waters" and is a good name for these 729-foot falls, the highest falls in Georgia.  At the base of Amicalola, right off the parking lot is the reflecting pool, a popular place for fishing. Amicalola has 4 playgrounds, 6 picnic shelters, 17 tent and trailer sites, and 14 rental cottages. Its 57-room lodge overlooks the Blue Ridge Mountains.

         Park naturalists plan programs during the year, such as the spring wildflower walk in April, the Appalachian Falls celebration in May, summer's end Tradin' Days in August, and the wilderness survival workshop in September. The park's yearly programs end with the American Heritage Appreciation Day and Fall Forest Festival in October.

There also is an 8-mile trail that leads from Amicalola Falls to Springer Mountain, the bottom end of the Appalachian Trial a 2,150-mile long trial that runs down the Appalachians.