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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

Roswell Mill Ruins in Old Mill Park

Atlanta Metro
85 Mill St.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Roswell Presbyterian Church Historic Sanctuary

Atlanta Metro
755 Mimosa Blvd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Roswell River Landing

Atlanta Metro
245 Azalea Dr.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-594-6154

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Roswell Riverwalk

Atlanta Metro
9100 Willeo Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Roswell Town Square

Atlanta Metro
610 Atlanta St.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Roswell Trail System and Riverwalk

Atlanta Metro
617 Atlanta St.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Roswell Vietnam War Memorial

Atlanta Metro
38 Hill St.
Roswell, GA 30075
800-776-7935

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Roswell, GA

Atlanta Metro
821 Atlanta Street
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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Rum Creek Golf

Atlanta Metro
107 Saint Ives Crossing
Stockbridge, GA 30281
770-507-3538

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Sandy Ridge BMX

Atlanta Metro
1200 Keys Ferry Rd.
McDonough, GA 30253
770-288-7300

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Sandy Ridge Park

Atlanta Metro
1200 Keys Ferry Rd.
McDonough, GA 30253
770-288-7300

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Sandy Springs

Atlanta Metro
5920 Roswell Rd., Ste. A-118
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
866-511-7742

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Sandy Springs Tennis Center

Atlanta Metro
500 Abernathy Rd.
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
404-303-6182

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Serenbe Farms

Atlanta Metro
8715 Atlanta Newnan Rd.
Chattahoochee Hills, GA 30268
770-463-2610

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Settles Bridge Park

Atlanta Metro
380 Johnson Rd.
Suwanee, GA 30024
770-814-6054

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Shakerag Park

Atlanta Metro
10945 Rogers Cir.
Johns Creek, GA 30022
678-512-3200

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Shorty Howell Park

Atlanta Metro
2750 Pleasant Hill Rd.
Duluth, GA 30096
770-814-6054

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Silver Comet Trail- Cobb County

Atlanta Metro
One Galleria Pkwy.
Atlanta, GA 30339
678-303-2622

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Six Flags Over Georgia

Atlanta Metro
275 Riverside Pkwy. S W
Austell, GA 30168
770-732-3061

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Six Flags White Water

Atlanta Metro
250 Cobb Pkwy N.
Marietta, GA 30062
770-424-9283

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Sky Zone Trampoline Park

Atlanta Metro
165 Mill Rd.
McDonough, GA 30253
770-796-0526

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Sleepy Hollow Farm

Atlanta Metro
628 Sleepy Hollow Rd.
Powder Springs, GA 30127
770-942-6770

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Sloan Street Park

Atlanta Metro
75 Sloan St.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-641-3705

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Smith-Gilbert Gardens

Atlanta Metro
2382 Pine Mountain Rd.
Kennesaw, GA 30152
770-919-0248

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Smith’s Choose & Cut Farm

Atlanta Metro
230 Davis Rd.
Fayetteville, GA 30215
770-487-7474

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Smoke Rise Country Club

Atlanta Metro
4900 Chedworth Dr.
Smoke Rise, GA 30087
770-908-2582

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South River Trail

Atlanta Metro
Gresham Rd. at Gresham Park Recreation Center
Atlanta, GA 30316
404-875-7284

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South Shore Park

Atlanta Metro
4555 Ragsdale Rd.
Acworth, GA 30101
770-917-1234

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Southern Belle Farm

Atlanta Metro
1658 Turner Church Rd.
McDonough, GA 30252
770-288-2582

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Southwest Connector Trail – Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
2257 Bollingbrook Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30311
404-477-3660

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