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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

Tribble Mill Park

Atlanta Metro
2125 Tribble Mill Pkwy.
Lawrenceville, GA 30045
770-822-5414

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Trophy Club of Apalachee

Atlanta Metro
1008 Dacula Rd.
Dacula, GA 30019
770-814-6054

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Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture

Atlanta Metro
324 Lawton St.
Atlanta, GA 30310
678-973-0997

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Union Hill Park

Atlanta Metro
1590 Little Pine Trail
Alpharetta, GA 30005
678-297-6130

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Vernon Oaks Park

Atlanta Metro
Corner of Vernon Springs Dr. and Vernon Oaks Dr.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
678-382-6853

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Vickery Creek Trail Complex

Atlanta Metro
Oxbo Rd. or Roswell Mill, Hwy. 9
Roswell, GA 30075
770-399-8070

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Village Green Park

Atlanta Metro
204 Willowbend Rd.
Peachtree City, GA 30269
770-631-2542

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Village Park at North Henry

Atlanta Metro
750 Fairview Rd.
Ellenwood, GA 30294
770-288-7300

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Waldrop Mercantile and Farm Market

Atlanta Metro
2912 Post Rd.
Winston, GA 30187
770-942-4571

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Walk of Memories Alpharetta American Legion Post 201

Atlanta Metro
201 Wills Rd.
Alpharetta, GA 30004
678-297-2811

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Waller Park

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

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Warren Holder Park

Atlanta Metro
301 Club Dr.
Locust Grove, GA 30248
770-288-7300

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Wee Three Trees Farm

Atlanta Metro
138 Arnold Rd.
Fayetteville, GA 30215
770-487-6397

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Wendell Coffee Golf & Event Center

Atlanta Metro
1963 Hwy.74 N.
Tyrone, GA 30290
770-969-4469

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West End Trail- Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
Gordon- White Park
Atlanta, GA 30310
404-477-3660

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West Gwinnett Park & Aquatic Center

Atlanta Metro
4488 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Norcross, GA 30071
770-814-6054

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West Pines Golf Club

Atlanta Metro
9090 Rose Ave.
Douglasville, GA 30134
678-391-1600

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Westside Hiking Trail – Atlanta Beltline

Atlanta Metro
Gordon- White Park
Atlanta, GA 30310
404-477-3660

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Whitewater Creek Country Club

Atlanta Metro
175 Birkdale Dr.
Fayetteville, GA 30215
770-460-0877

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Willeo Park

Atlanta Metro
8700 Willeo Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-640-3253

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William L. Davis BMX Track

Atlanta Metro
200 Mcintosh Trl
Peachtree City, GA 30269
770- 631-2542

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William Root House & Gardens

Atlanta Metro
80 N. Marietta Pkwy. NW
Marietta, GA 30060
770-426-4982

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Windsor Meadows

Atlanta Metro
835 Windsor Pkwy.
Sandy Springs, GA 30342
770-730-5600

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Windward Community Park

Atlanta Metro
6435 Windward Pkwy
Alpharetta, GA 30005
678-297-6123

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Windwood Hollow Park

Atlanta Metro
4865 Lakeside Dr.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
678-382-6853

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Woodstock Soccer Complex

Atlanta Metro
40 Woodstock Rd.
Roswell, GA 30075
770-641-3705

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Worthington Tree Farm

Atlanta Metro
145 Twin Oaks Dr.
Hampton, GA 30228
770-478-4355

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Yellow River Park

Atlanta Metro
3232 Juhan Rd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30087
770-978-5270

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Your DeKalb Farmers Market

Atlanta Metro
3000 E. Poncede Leon Ave.
Decatur, GA 30030
404-377-6400

Yule Forest 155

Atlanta Metro
3565 Hwy. 155 N.
Stockbridge, GA 30281
770-954-9356

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