Indian Hills Country Club has been part of the East Cobb landscape since 1969, when developer Thomas G. Cousins and golf architect Joe Lee brought the club to life. What began as 18 holes has grown into a 27-hole private club spread across 300 acres, with a large clubhouse area and a swim complex.
Golf sits at the center of the property, and Indian Hills has the scale to keep things interesting. The course is divided into three nine-hole layouts, Seminole, Cherokee, and Choctaw, which gives members a little variety instead of the same lap around the same scenery every time. The club also has a short-game practice area with 15,000 square feet of putting and chipping greens, plus a driving range with complimentary golf balls. For golfers, that is a nice setup. For non-golfers, it is a helpful reminder that some people are happily spending an afternoon arguing with a sand trap.
The racquet side includes seven hard tennis courts and six dedicated pickleball courts, with lights that keep play going into the evening. On the swim side, the club has three pools: a junior Olympic-sized competition pool, an adults-only pool, and a zero-entry play pool with water features for younger swimmers. That mix gives the club a broader rhythm than the traditional country club stereotype. One corner has someone working on a backhand, another has kids making a cannonball look like a formal athletic event.
Food is a real part of the experience here too, and Indian Hills has several dining spaces instead of one catch-all room trying to do every job. Triburn Tap handles social dining and drinks, the Main Dining Room is used for banquets and larger events, The Grille covers casual meals and quick bites, and the seasonal Barracuda Bar & Grill keeps the pool deck fed during summer. It gives the club a practical range, from a post-round meal to a family dinner to a bigger event that calls for something a little dressier.
At its core, Indian Hills Country Club remains a private East Cobb club built around golf, racquet sports, aquatics, dining, and family life. It is a place designed for people who plan to use the club as part of regular life, not as a once-in-a-blue-moon special occasion address. In a part of Cobb County with no shortage of established neighborhoods, Indian Hills has kept its place by offering a lot of fun ways to spend a day.
Address:
4001 Clubland Drive
Marietta, GA 30068
Phone:
(770) 971-2605
Online:
IndianHillsCC.com
Bonus Indian Hills Trivia:
- In 1970, Indian Hills was the largest single family subdivision between Washington D.C. and Houston.
- The Indian Hills subdivision is the size of a small city, with 1,680 homes and an estimated 4,500+ residents.
- Thomas G. Cousins, the developer who built Indian Hills, purchased and brought the Atlanta Hawks to the city.
- Indian Hills Parkway was originally named Bishop’s Mill Road, and the mill was located on what is now the site is now the 11th green (Seminole #2) of the Indian Hills golf course.
- The Bishop family cemetery is located near the intersection of Indian Hills Parkway and Sentry Crossing.
- In 1864 during the Civil War, a group of Union troops encamped as a sentry outpost along what is now known as Sentry Crossing.
- Sope Creek, which passes through part of Indian Hills, was named after a native man named Soap, a member of the Cherokee Nation who lived in the area. He is also sometimes referred to as “Old Sope” in tales about the area.
