With the start of a new year comes a new list of things to do around Cherokee County with your family and friends.

If you didn’t get around to experiencing these places in Cherokee last year, here’s your chance.

Cherokee Museums

• Woodstock Visitors Center at Dean's Store 
• Cherokee County Museum and Visitors Center
• Funk Heritage Center at Reinhardt University

Cherokee Sporting Event/Venues

• Dixie Speedway's 2013 season will soon get underway later this year.

Cherokee Ice Skating

• While Cherokee has no ice skating venues, check out Centennial Olympic Park's Ice Skating Rink!

Cherokee Bowling

• AMF Woodstock Lanes
• Cherokee Lanes

Cherokee Festivals

• RiverFest, which is held in Canton the last weekend in September.
• Woodstock Art & Wine Festival
• KidsFest (held in late October) sponsored by the city of Woodstock.
• Canton Festival of the Arts
• Greenprints Alliance's Streetfest

Cherokee Farmers Markets

• Main Street Woodstock's Farmers Market
• Canton Historic Downtown Loop's Farmers Market
• Cherokee Fresh Market 

Cherokee Arts Classes

• Cherokee Arts Center regularly has classes scheduled throughout the year.
• Elm Street Arts also has classes available for elementary and middle school students.

Cherokee Fruit Picking

• Berry Patch Farms in Woodstock has blueberry season in the summer and pumpkin season in the fall. 

Cherokee Library classes/story times

• The Sequoyah Regional Library has regular classes and story times available for children at its four branches throughout the county. 

Cherokee Hiking Trails

• Garland Mountain Horse and Hiking Trails