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Atlanta Metro: The Urban Outdoors

Atlanta, the South’s largest city, offers surprisingly numerous green oases for residents
to get out and enjoy the natural world, despite being a bustling city.

Explore Stone Mountain Park, one of America’s most popular attractions surrounding the world’s largest piece of exposed granite, only 16 miles from Atlanta. Four million annual visitors enjoy the water-land tours, the 1870s recreated rural Southern town, Crossroads™, and of course, climbing the mountain.

Fish, canoe,picnic, andhike to the ruins of a Civil War-era textile mill when you visit Sweetwater Creek State Park in Lithia Springs, with its 215-acre lake.

Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge offers numerous opportunities for hiking, biking, fishing, birding, picnicking and learning about this exposed granite outcrop with its rare plants of the Piedmont region. Nearby, the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area near Lithonia, features 2,000 acres of granite outcrop, wetlands, pine and oak forests, streams,and alake, and offers hiking, biking, birdingandplant viewing opportunities.

Discover Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to the northwest of Atlanta, with its hiking trails, wildlife viewing, and historic Civil War earthworks, cannon emplacements and monuments. Just a few miles south, hit the Silver Comet Trail on your bike or your two feet.

This abandoned rail bed is now a largely paved trail that stretches all the way to Alabama.

Paddle at your own pace down the mighty Chattahoochee River that flows through the north and west sides of metro Atlanta. The river offers excellent opportunities to observe wildlife and wildflowers from your raft, canoe or kayak, do some fishing, or simply relax along its banks. There are several access points along the 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area,as well as many hiking trails that follow the river.

Some of these trails and river access points just outside the Atlanta city limits are in the neighboring city of Sandy Springs. Also find in Sandy Springs the Big Trees Forest Preserve, a remarkable 30-acre urban forest with hilly topography, two creeks and a diverse middle growth forest including some large 100- and 200-year-old white oak trees. Nearby, the City of Alpharetta’s Big Creek Greenway beckons walkers, bicyclers, strollers and other non-motorized transport along a serene, paved pathway through lush forest. Alpharetta also offers such activities at dirt biking, disc golf, rock climbing, horseback riding, geocaching, swimming, golfing, mountain biking and hiking.

Venture to Atlanta Botanical Garden for a variety of gardens, both native and exotic, indoor and out.

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Atlanta Metro - Locations

Dunwoody Nature Center

Atlanta Metro
5343 Roberts Dr.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
770-394-3322

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Dunwoody Park

Atlanta Metro
5343 Roberts Dr.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
770-394-3322

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Durham Lakes Country Club

Atlanta Metro
156 Durham Lakes Pkwy.
Fairburn, GA 30213
770-306-7200

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E. E. Robinson Park

Atlanta Metro
850 Level Creek Rd.
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
770-814-6054

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Eagle’s Landing Country Club

Atlanta Metro
100 Eagle's Landing Way
Stockbridge, GA 30281
770-389-2000

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East Lakeshore Park

Atlanta Metro
4449 East Lakeshore Dr.
Acworth, GA 30101
770-917-1234

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East Roswell Park

Atlanta Metro
9000 Fouts Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Eastside Hiking Trail Northern Extension- Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
Monroe Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30306
404-477-3660

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Eastside Hiking Trail Southern Extension – Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
Flat Shoals Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-477-3660

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Eastside Trail – Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
10 St. and Monroe Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30306
404-477-3660

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Ed Isakson/Alpharetta Family YMCA Ropes Course

Atlanta Metro
3655 Preston Ridge Rd.
Alpharetta, GA 30009
770-664-1220

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Fernbank Museum of Natural History/ Fernbank Forest

Atlanta Metro
767 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30307
404-929-6300

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Fernbank Science Center

Atlanta Metro
156 Heaton Park Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30307
678-874-7102

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Fish Lanier Guide Service – Gwinnett

Atlanta Metro
1602 Rustic Oak Ct
Dacula, GA 30019
770-945-0797

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Fish Lanier with Bill Vanderford Guide Service- Gwinnett

Atlanta Metro
2224 Pine Point Dr.
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
770-814-6054

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Five Forks Park

Atlanta Metro
Five Forks Trickum Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
770-814-6054

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Flat Creek Country Club

Atlanta Metro
100 Flat Creek Rd.
Peachtree City, GA 30269
770-487-8140

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Fortson 4-H Center

Atlanta Metro
999 Fortson Rd.
Hampton, GA 30253
770-946-3276

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Fox Creek Golf Club

Atlanta Metro
1501 Windy Hill Rd
Smyrna, GA 30080
770-435-1000

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Foxhall Resort

Atlanta Metro
8000 Capps Ferry Rd.
Douglasville, GA 30134
770-489-4380

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Frana Brown Park

Atlanta Metro
4901 North Main St.
Acworth, GA 30101
770-917-1234

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Franklin Rape Park

Atlanta Metro
20 S. Ola Rd.
McDonough, GA 30253
770-288-7300

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Freedom Park

Atlanta Metro
13200 Deerfield Pkwy.
Milton, GA 30004
678-242-2500

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Freeman’s Mill Park

Atlanta Metro
1401 Alcovy Rd.
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
770-814-6054

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Friendship Community Park

Atlanta Metro
12785 Birmingham Hwy.
Milton, GA 30004
678-242-2500

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Fun Spot America Atlanta

Atlanta Metro
1675 Hwy. 85 N.
Fayetteville, GA 30214
407-363-3867

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Gardner Farm & Peach Orchard

Atlanta Metro
3192 Hwy. 42 S.
Locust Grove, GA 30248
770-957-4912

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Gardner Park

Atlanta Metro
160 E. Atlanta Rd.
Stockbridge, GA 30281
770-288-7300

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Garrard Landing Park

Atlanta Metro
8000 Holcomb Bridge Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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George Pierce Park

Atlanta Metro
55 Buford Hwy. N W
Suwanee, GA 30024
770-814-6054

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