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The South River Forest or Weelaunee Forest is an area in southeast metro Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States named after the nearby South River. The South River is also known by its Muscogee Creek name, the "Weelaunee". The area includes significant disparate, undeveloped forested parcels that help protect the river and tributaries.
Metro Atlanta: 6,400 acres, operated by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Chattahoochee Nature Center: Roswell: Fulton: Metro Atlanta: 127 acres Cochran Mill Nature Center: Palmetto: Fulton: Metro Atlanta: website, 50 acres Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center: Lithonia: DeKalb: Metro Atlanta: 2,550 acres preserve Dauset Trails ...
When the center opened in 1975 as the Bush Mountain Outdoor Activity Center, it was Atlanta's "first and only environmental education and outdoor recreation facility." Atlanta Public Schools leased 8 acres (0.032 km 2) to the OAC for $1 a year, and the Natural Science for Youth Foundation helped fund, organize and staff the original center. The ...
The Georgia state park system was founded in 1931. The first two areas to be designated as state parks were Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park. Other parks in Georgia include, but are not limited to, A.H. Stephens Historic Park in Crawfordville; Bobby Brown State Park in Elberton and Skidaway Island State Park in Savannah. In 2006 ...
Lullwater House is the president's mansion at Emory University near Atlanta, Georgia, overlooking Candler Lake. It was built in 1926 as the residence of Walter T. Candler, son of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler. [1] The mansion is in the form of an L, in Tudor-Gothic revival style. The architects were Ivey and Crook.
(The Center Square) – Georgia is one step closer to having its first national park and preserve, after the bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve Establishment Act passed through committee ...
Rainbow Terrace, now known as Lullwater Estate, is the Mediterranean-style Atlanta mansion built for Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz (1882–1962), daughter of Coca-Cola co-founder Asa Griggs Candler. The architect was G. Lloyd Preacher , the architect of Atlanta City Hall .
United States Park Rangers patrol the 48 miles (77 km) of river and 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land units with patrol vehicles, jet-powered boats, kayaks, and mountain bikes. They also hike the trails on foot. Rangers enforce park regulations as well as Georgia criminal and traffic codes, and are authorized to carry firearms and make arrests.