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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Medlock Bridge
 

Directions

From I-85 North

  • Take exit 99, Jimmy Carter Blvd. (140).
  • Left and get onto GA 141 North lane and proceed 3 miles to Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
  • Right on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. to Holcomb Bridge Road.
  • Left on Holcomb Bridge Road and then right onto GA 141, Peachtree Parkway.
  • Go 3.6 miles on GA 141 (Medlock Bridge Road) to unit which will be on the right before crossing the river.

From I-85 South

  • Take exit 99, Jimmy Carter Blvd. (140).
  • Right and get into GA 141 North lane and proceed 3 miles to Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
  • Right on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. to Holcomb Bridge Road.
  • Left on Holcomb Bridge Road and then right onto GA 141, Peachtree Parkway.
  • Go 3.6 miles on GA 141 (Medlock Bridge Road) to unit which will be on the right prior to crossing the river.

From Buford Highway

  • U.S. 23 to Jimmy Carter Blvd, GA 140
  • Follow Above directions.

From Peachtree Industrial Blvd

  • Take GA 141 North 3.6 miles to the unit on the right prior to crossing the river.

From Buford Highway or Peachtree Industrial Blvd

  • Take GA 120 west to GA 141 South.
  • Go 4 miles, cross the river and the unit will be on the left
  • Note: The unit is less than one mile west of Peachtree Industrial Blvd and GA 120 intersection.

From GA 400 North

  • Take exit 7A, Holcomb Bridge/Norcross, GA 140 East.
  • Go 5.5 miles to intersection of Holcomb Bridge and Spalding Drive.
  • Left onto Spalding Drive and go 3.6 miles to Peachtree Parkway, GA 141.
  • Left and go 3.6 miles to unit on the right prior to crossing the river.

From GA 400 South

  • Take exit 10, Old Milton Parkway/Alpharetta, GA 120.
  • Right on Old Milton Parkway (GA120) 6.2 mile to GA 141 (Medlock Bridge).
  • Right 4 miles crossing the river and the unit will be on the left.

Activities

Medlock Bridge offers trails and a small picnic area as well as a boat ramp that can accommodate either motor driven boats or canoes and kayaks. To download a printable map of the area
click here (Requires Adobe Reader.)

 

Hickory Horned Devil  

Did You Know?
While many caterpillars make cocoons to molt into mothes and butterflies, some, like the Hickory Horned Devil, bury themselves in the ground over the winter emerging in the Spring fully changed.

Last Updated: June 20, 2007 at 07:51 EST