LOCATE IT: Atlanta Metro

Drake field is a beautiful 4-acre park on Lake Peachtree next to The Peachtree City Library and City Hall. Enjoy a picnic, fly a kite, or launch your kayak from the shores of Lake Peachtree. Many special events take place at Drake Field, and the pavilion is available for rentals.

110 acres∙ Lighted skate complex∙ Four lighted basketball courts∙ Three lighted sand volleyball courts∙ Playground with handicap-accessible features∙ Pavilion∙ Football/multi-purpose field with lighted track∙ Grill∙ Restrooms

In Dunwoody Park, Dunwoody Nature Center is a 22-acre natural classroom for environmental education. It features wetland, woodland and streamside trails, display gardens, a picnic meadow and a shaded playground.

Located in the heart of Sugar Hill, E. E. Robinson Park features two softball fields with sports lighting, two pavilions, (one is handicap-accessible), one regulation-size soccer field, two tennis courts with sports lighting, two basketball goals, two concession stands, jogging trail, volleyball court, two play areas for children and an amphitheater

The story of Eagle’s Landing Country Club begins with a generous gift of natural beauty. Here forests, streams and wildlife intermingle with 27 holes of Tom Fazio-designed golf at its finest.

The one and a half acre park includes a playground, picnic benches, and an open play area.

East Roswell Park is a community park with a variety of recreational facilities available: art room, disc golf, dog park, fitness center, garden, outdoor fitness equipment, picnic areas, playground, pond, recreational center, soccer fields, softball fields, sprayground, tennis courts, and hiking/walking trails.

This section starts across Monroe Drive from the Eastside Trail just north of the Park Tavern parking lot. This stretch is rough and bumpy. This walk totals 1.4 miles.

.4 miles, with a fairly rough and uneven surface. Wylie Street and Hulsey Yard are the northern boundary. Starting next to Flat Shoals Avenue, it continues south along the tracks, across Kirkwood Avenue, to Memorial Drive.

A combination of multi-use trail and linear greenspace, the Eastside Trail runs from the tip of Piedmont Park to Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward with several access points along the way.

Explore this high adventure and low element ropes course featuring a series of constructed, interactive components nestled behind the Alpharetta YMCA.

At the intersection of Allgood Road and North Marietta Parkway, this park features a walk/run track, spray pad, and pavilion. A great recreational amenity, the park was also designed to ensure the preservation of local black history through the use of public art. Most prominently, a symbolically rich 130-foot mural depicts activities relevant to the site and surrounding neighborhood over time. Secondly, a statue of Elizabeth Porter, the park’s namesake and former recreation center director, was incorporated into the park entrance. The statue design shows Mrs. Porter beside two children representing those she worked with during her 22 years as director.

Discover cultural treasures, see ancient fossils, explore interactive exhibits, experience awe-inspiring films and get an up-close look at the world’s largest dinosaurs at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.

Doug Youngblood’s fishing guide service offers year-round fishing guides to Georgia’s beautiful Lake Lanier (located just north of Gwinnett County). Full and half day trips available. All required fishing gear provided. Corporate groups and individuals invited to join in the fun!

Go fishing at beautiful Lake Lanier with Bill Vanderford, former competitive fisher. In 1993, Bill was inducted into the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame as a ‘Legendary Guide.’Take your large or small groups on a 1/2-day or full-day trip. Bill also conducts educational wildlife tours along Lake Lanier.

This 25-acre park features Gwinnett County’s first dog park a two-acre, fenced in area where dogs are welcomed to romp without leashes. Other amenities include walking trails, pavilion, senior area with permanent chess and checkerboards, bocce courts and a small teen-focused skate area.

A perennial favorite, the Joe Lee-designed golf course at Flat Creek offers 27 holes comprised of three diverse nines, with elevation changes and scenic views that follow the meandering creek. A double-sided driving range and short-game practice area let you refine your game.

Flat Creek Nature Area consists of 513-acres of wetland in Peachtree City that extends 3.5 miles along Flat Creek. A connecting trail winds downhill from the Fred Brown Amphitheater to a 1,200-foot boardwalk and two viewing decks along Flat Creek.

Groups of 10 or more can book a cabin at Fortson 4-H Center and enjoy access to the property’s trails and fishing lake. Reservations for large groups or corporate functions of up to 174 people are also available and include meals and access to the center’s 77 acres and amenities. Be sure to check out the ropes courses and other team-building programs.

Fox Creek is a Par 62 executive style course which offer a quick but challenging round of golf for golfers of all playing abilities. The course features Bermuda grass fairways and new Champion Bermuda grass greens.

Foxhall includes a world-class equestrian facility, a 15 station sporting clays course, an archery range, 16 lakes for boating and fishing, guided A T V trail rides, over 15 miles of intricate biking, hiking and horseback riding trails.

The quarter of an acre park contains a fountain and benches for relaxation. The downtown park also contains the original bell from the Acworth Methodist Episcopal Church South. The church congregation was established in 1905.

This small four-acre park has a 0.3-mile walking/jogging trail, 2 lighted softball fields, a gazebo and pavilion.

Freedom Park is an exercise center for the runners, cyclists and walkers.

208 acres. Horseshoe pits, shuffleboard courts, chess/checkers tables, teen area with two half-court basketball courts and skate complex, playground, restrooms, pavilions, 1.5-mile paved multi-purpose trail.

This mostly flat property in Milton has 21 acres of pasture-like terrain by the corner of Freemanville and Birmingham Roads. There are fenced-in spaces, several trees, and a parking lot large enough for horse trailers to turn-around. People are welcome to use it, as are leashed dogs as well as horses being led and/or ridden. 

This 1.81-acre park is a joint venture with the the Fulton County School System. The park is closed to the general public during active school hours, generally 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., on days school is in session.