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This Roswell park features a rec center, soccer fields, and courts for tennis and pickleball.

Open to the public with indoor shooting range, memberships, classes, gun sales, and rentals.

A campground offers shaded sites along the edge of quiet Hamburg Lake. Anglers can enjoy fishing for largemouth bass, crappie and bream. The restored 1921 water-powered gristmill is still operational.

Sandy Springs’ Hammond Park offers a multipurpose building, gym, game room, soccer field, lighted tennis courts, basketball courts, picnic pavilions, and a playground.

1,290 acres. Playground, Pavilion, restrooms, equestrian trailer parking, 4.3-mile paved multi-purpose trail, 7-mile equestrian trail, 7-mile mountain biking trail, 4.5-mile hiking trail. grills.

This family owned and operated marina on the Georgia and South Carolina border on beautiful Lake Hartwell offers a variety of services including boat rentals, slip rentals, fuel sales, and a well-stocked ship store.

Perhaps best known for its golf course, this park also offers a lakeside beach and more than 24 miles of trails for hikers and horseback riders.

Hawks Ridge is honored to be added to Golf Digest’s prestigious list of America’s Top 100 Golf Courses in 2005, our first year of eligibility. Swim & Tennis for members only.

The Heard County Recreation Department seeks to provide diverse year-round leisure opportunities through the preservation of open space, park settings, recreational facilities and programs for the citizens of Heard County.

Heritage Park is the home of a Veterans Wall of Honor, museum and historic village featuring a log cabin, detached cookhouse, schoolhouse, blacksmith shop, library and 1934 steam engine locomotive. Tours by appointment.

Herman C. Michael Park is a 37-acre park. The park has three lighted softball fields, four lighted tennis courts, two junior tennis courts, two lighted outdoor basketball courts, one gymnasium with full basketball court, 2 volleyball courts, soccer/multi-use field, playground, disc golf course, picnic shelter and a 1.25-mile paved walking trail.

Located on magnificent West Point Lake and surrounded by the beautiful yellow pines and rolling hills of west Georgia, Highland Marina Resort is ideal for your family’s next vacation or weekend getaway.

Everyone who makes the five-mile trek through the mountains to the Hike Inn in the Chattahoochee National Forest does so for a different reason. Some come to get away from their everyday lives. Some come to spend quality time with their family. Others come for the Appalachian Trail. But no matter the reason, the result is the same. Everyone leaves

Easy to difficult hikes all ages.

Historic Banning Mills is an adventure resort with two Guinness World Records located just 45 minutes West of Atlanta. At this secluded nature escape you’ll find the world’s largest zip line course and climbing wall, as well as kayaking, horseback riding, summer camps, overnight lodging, team building, wildlife shows, and so much more!

Zip Line Tours
Historic Banning Mills holds the Guinness World Record for the longest zip line course with more than 11 miles of zip lines, suspension bridges, and aerial obstacles to explore! Tons of different tour options allow guests to choose the level of adventure that best fits them, from beginner to extreme!

Climbing Walls
Historic Banning Mills holds the Guinness World Record for the tallest free standing climbing wall at over 147 feet tall. Four climbing walls ranging from 25 – 147 feet tall can be found attached to the 150 foot tall adventure tower, along with a 100 foot free fall, two rappelling walls, and tons of zip lines!

Horseback Tours
Historic Banning Mills offers exciting horseback tours providing guests a unique way to explore the historic Snake Creek Gorge. Along the ride guests will travel down historic water spill ways and trials and discover several ruins from the old textile mills while taking in the gorgeous natural scenery!

Hiking
Historic Banning Mills has over 15 miles of hiking trails to explore along the historic Snake Creek Gorge! Along the trails you’ll find tons of suspension bridges from a few feet long to more than 600 feet in length! During your hike you’ll discover historic ruins from the once booming textile industry that used to call this area home, along with gorgeous views of the gorge and natural scenery along the creek.

Kayaking
Historic Banning Mills offers a 7-mile kayak tour along a beautiful section of the Chattahoochee River, providing a guided tour of the area Chief William McIntosh and many Native Americans once called home! This area of the river is mostly calm with rapids generally not reaching higher than class one, allowing the entire family to join in the fun!

Birds of Prey Shows
On select dates Historic Banning Mills offers live Birds of Prey shows allowing guests to get up close and personal with many unique native species of birds, including: an American Bald Eagle, Eurasian Eagle Owl, Barn Owls, Barred Owls, Red Tailed Hawks, Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures, Paragon Falcons, and more!
Show Dates:
April 17 | 24
May 8 | 22 | 29
June 12 | 19
July 3 | 17 | 31
August 14 | 21
September 4 | 18 | 25
October 9 | 16 | 30
November 6

Accommodations
Historic Banning Mills offers so many exciting adventures, you may want to spend more than one day visiting! Our overnight lodging includes: Tree Houses, Log Cabins, Creekside Overlooks, Family Sized Cabins, and more! Whether you’re travelling solo, with that special someone, or with a large corporate or school group, there’s room to suit your needs!

10 Baseball/Softball Fields, 2 Batting Cages,1 Football/Soccer Field, 4 Tennis Courts, 1 Outdoor Volleyball Court, 2 Playgrounds, Running/Walking Track (1/2 mile), 3 Pavilions (available to rent), 4 Picnic Areas (1 with Grill).

This beautiful plantation represents the history and culture of Georgia’s rice coast. A brief film on the plantation’s history is shown before visitors walk a short trail to the antebellum home. A stop on the Colonial Coast Birding Trail, this is an excellent spot to look for herons, egrets, ibis and painted buntings.

12 acres. Two river overlooks, pavilion, playground, wood amphitheatre, .25-mile soft surface trail, restrooms, grill.

Stay in your RV or camp in one of the cabins and enjoy wi-fi wireless internet access, hiking trails, and our marina. You can rent a canoe or kayak from us for a fun day on the water, or bring your own boat and make use of our 24-hour gas dock and wet and dry boat storage.

6,115 yards

The nationally acclaimed ‘destination’ retreat is surrounded by the 750,000-acre Chattahoochee National Forest. All lighted sites have full hook-ups with concrete pads, cable TV, deck, table and barbeque grill.

Visit Georgia’s #1 largest family off-road park and camping destination, just north of Atlanta in Dahlonega, Georgia!