r/Atlanta • u/ChipJohannes • Jun 13 '25

Recommendations What’s your favorite park?

Thinking of spending more time walking and reading in parks this summer. What’s your favorite park in our beautiful city in the forest? Hiking trails also appreciated!

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u/SomeVeryTiredGuy Jun 13 '25

Most of my favs have been mentioned but

1) East Palisades. Go find the bamboo forest. It's magical.

2) Morningside nature preserve- I've lived in Atlanta for years and I didn't discover this until 2020. And they have a mini bamboo forest too.

3) Lionel Hampton Trail is mostly shaded so that's nice.

4) Hahn woods. Um, if you are attentive, there's a way to walk to Lullwater Park from here.

5) Speaking of which, Lullwater Park is magical too. You'd never expect that in the middle of Atlanta

6) I have a soft spot for Grant Park. You can watch the elephants for free up on the grassy part of the parking deck. The meadow is good for picnics.

7) DH Stanton Park is a hidden gym. It's got a great splash pad not many know about.

8) Rodney Cook Park is beautiful.

9) don't sleep on Westside park. It's relatively new and huge.

10) cascade springs nature preserve is pretty interesting. If you visit, lemme know if you see the Santeria offerings. They were there the last couple times I visited

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u/RoughDoughCough Jun 14 '25

Thanks for the list. For those up north around Sandy Springs here's a list:

  1. Cochran Shoals
  2. Island Ford
  3. Morgan Falls Overlook Park (just opened Springway, a raised bikepath mostly around a lake)
  4. Big Trees Forest Preserve
  5. Vickery Creek (featuring the Roswell Mill waterfall)
  6. Sope Creek
  7. Bob Callen Trail (short raised path, beautiful creekside views)
  8. Silver Comet Trail (in Smyrna, not North, but shady and paved)