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Sumner Park offers a variety of spaces for visitors, residents, and their furry friends! The park features a dog park, walking spaces, and Dick Lane Velodrome, a historic bicycle racing facility. Sumner Park can also host sporting events on its three fields, as well as group events and smaller-scale sports programs. This park is the perfect place to catch some fresh air and enjoy the outdoors. Park hours are from sunrise to sunset. Park amenities include grills, athletic fields, playgrounds, restroom facilities, shelters (pavilions), and tennis courts.

Located in the heart of Butts County, this 10.75 mile bike trail connects Dauset Trails Nature Center to Indian Springs State Park.

Most Waycross youth and adult outdoor sports take place at this facility. This modern complex features first-class ballfields, building structures and playground areas.

Watkinsville Woods is a nearly six-acre passive greenspace near downtown Watkinsville. The wooded park includes walking paths, provides access to unique groves of native trees, and a historic spring.

Park amenities include: Baseball/Softball fields, Walking track, Playground, Concessions building, Picnic shelter, Fishing pond, Restrooms.

91 acres. 18-hole disc golf course,1.4-mile paved, multi-purpose trail, 1-mile soft surface trail, horse shoe pit, playground, pavilions, lake, lakeview piers, outdoor classroom, restrooms, grill.

Just north of McDonough on Highway 42, Alexander Park features four lighted softball fields, an amphitheater, two picnic pavilions, a playground area and a 0.3-mile walking/jogging trail.

Allatoona Wildlife Management Area is in Cherokee and Bartow counties and owned by The Corps of Engineers. This 6,818-acre property offers hunting opportunities for deer, bear, turkey, small game and waterfowl. No ATVs and no camping allowed on the WMA.

Allatoona Wildlife Management Area is in Cherokee and Bartow counties and owned by The Corps of Engineers. This 6,818-acre property offers hunting opportunities for deer, bear, turkey, small game and waterfowl. No ATVs and no camping allowed on the WMA.

The Alpha Loop is a trail project connecting people, places, and fun activities in the core of Alpharetta. The loop currently has a segment of the trail open, featuring a one mile trail connecting Downtown Alpharetta and Avalon. The trail also features permanent outdoor art sculptures.

Alpharetta Elementary School’s accessible playground is open to the public starting at 4 p.m. on school days and through the weekend for the community to use as a public park space with full access to the one-acre park’s amenities. Park amenities include playground, track, play field and outdoor basketball court.

A great place for hiking, kayaking, and family fun. Middle Georgia’s only handicap-usable playground, canoe launch, and Porter Pavilion. Amerson Water Works Park is the former site of the Macon Water Works which served the city for over 100 years.

The Arabia Mountain Trail is a 10-mile paved multi-purpose trail that winds through 2,000 acres of protected parkland in south De Kalb County. The trail features several arched granite bridges, a wooden boardwalk, and a short segment over a rock outcropping.

The Aska Adventure Area is a hiking-mountain bicycling trail system 17.0 miles in length developed on National Forest lands near Deep Gap on the Aska Road in south central Fannin County. Trails range in length from 1.0 mile to 5.5 miles and are open to the public year around.

Columbia County’s wonderful natural resources include the headgates of the historic Augusta Canal Heritage Area

Whether you hike, bike, paddle, fish, or just float through the waterway, enjoy a unique outdoor adventure at the Augusta Canal, the first National Heritage Area in Georgia.

Azalea Park is located along Azalea Drive and is one of Roswell’s river front parks. Here you’ll find a canoe/kayak launch, a picnic area, playground and access to the Roswell Riverwalk.

3 Baseball/Softball Fields, 1 Playground, Running/Walking Track (.4 miles), 2 Concession Buildings, 4 Picnic Areas, Restrooms

154 acres. Handicapped-accessible ball field and playground for children with special needs, seven baseball/softball fields, football/multi-purpose field with lighted walking track, lighted skate complex, playgrounds, four lighted tennis courts, basketball courts, pavilion, grill, 1-mile multi-purpose trail, restrooms.

43acres. Twooutdoorleisureplaypools(seasonal), Hudlow Tennis Center(17lightedtenniscourts),gym,indoorbadmintoncourts,outdoorbasketballcourts,pavilion,playground,baseball/softballfields,restrooms,.75-milepaved,multi-purposetrail,grill.

159 acres. Bethesda Park Senior Center, Gwinnett Senior Learning Center, three adult softball fields, seven baseball/softball fields, outdoor basketball courts, football/multi-purpose field with lighted walking track, six soccer fields, restrooms, playgrounds, walking trail around a lake, indoor aquatic center with leisure play pool.

Roswell’s Big Creek Park, a trailhead for the 7.2-mile Big Creek Greenway, is a popular site for mountain biking, walking and hiking, with a pond, river access, restrooms and multi-use trail. The park’s mountain biking trails offer riders of all levels opportunities to explore.

Big Dog Running Company is Columbus’s full service specialty running store, offering a full array of quality running shoes, apparel and accessories.

Georgia’s highest state park encompasses some of the most outstanding scenery in Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Roadside overlooks provide spectacular 80-mile vistas, and four hiking trails lead visitors past wildflowers, streams, small waterfalls and lush forests.

The 8.2 acre Blue & Gray Park has a baseball field and basketball court, playground, picnic area, walking track, multi-purpose field, shelters, picnic tables and grills.