Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area - Unit Directions (U.S. National Park Service)

The park is spread over a 48 mile section of the Chattahoochee River and consists of the river and 15 land units beginning below Buford Dam in Forsyth County and ending at Peachtree Creek in Fulton County, in metro Atlanta.

Below is a list of these land units and their entrances starting at the Bowmans Island unit and working down stream to the Palisades unit. Next to each unit name or entrance is the name of the county where the unit or entrance is located. Click on the name of the unit you wish to visit for detailed driving directions.

Bowmans Island unit
Upper Pool entrance Island Ford Road entrance Chattahoochee River Club entrance	Gwinnett County
Lower Pool entrance Chattahoochee River Club entrance	Forsyth County


Orrs Ferry unit	Area Not Developed
Settles Bridge unit	Gwinnett County
McGinnis Ferry unit	Area Not Developed
Suwanee Creek unit	Area Not Developed
Abbotts Bridge unit	Gwinnett County
Medlock Bridge unit	Gwinnett County
Jones Bridge unit	Fulton County
Main entrance (HTML) (PDF) Chattahoochee River Environmental Education Center (CREEC) entrance (HTML) (PDF)
Holcomb Bridge unit	Area Not Developed
Island Ford unit	Fulton County
Vickery Creek unit	Fulton County
Riverside Road entrance (HTML) (PDF) Allenbrook entrance Covered Bridge entrance (HTML) (PDF) Oxbo Road entrance Grimes Bridge Road trail head
Gold Branch unit	Cobb County
Johnson Ferry unit
Hyde Farm entrance North entrance (HTML) South entrance (HTML)	Cobb County
Cochran Shoals unit
Sope Creek entrance	Cobb County
Columns Drive entrance	Cobb County
Powers Island entrance	Fulton County
Interstate North entrance	Cobb County
Palisades unit
Akers Drive entrance	Cobb County
Indian Trail entrance	Fulton County
Whitewater Creek entrance	Fulton County
Paces Mill entrance	Cobb County

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