Driving Directions to Park Units

Old Entrance Sign at Palisades unit, Indian Trail entrance

The park is spread over a 48 mile section of the Chattahoochee River and consists of the river and 15 land units beginning downstream from Buford Dam at Lake Lanier and ending at Peachtree Creek in metro Atlanta.

Below is a list of the land units starting at the Bowmans Island unit and working downstream to the Palisades unit. Below each unit's name is a list of entrances for that unit. Next to the entrance name is a map link and GPS coordinates for that location. Click on the link and enter your current location to obtain driving directions to the entrance. If you have GPS unit in your vehicle enter the GPS coordinates for driving directions to the entrance.

Note: Units closer to Atlanta tend to have more entrances, make sure you have the right entrance. The driving directions will take you to the park boundary; you may have to drive as much as a mile to arrive at a parking lot, trail head, boat launch, etc.

Bowmans Island unit
Upper Pool entrance/US Army Corps of Engineers	MAP	34° 9' 19.44" N, 84° 4' 15.20" W
Lower Pool entrance/US Army Corps of Engineers	MAP	34° 9' 46.27" N, 84° 4' 37.20" W
Island Ford Road entrance	MAP	34° 8' 34.80" N, 84° 4' 31.57" W
Chattahoochee River Club entrance	MAP	34° 8' 37.47" N, 84° 5' 45.50" W
Orrs Ferry unit, NO ACCESS
Settles Bridge unit
Settles Bridge entrance	MAP	34° 5' 31.50" N, 84° 5' 53.77" W
McGinnis Ferry unit
McGinnis Ferry entrance	MAP	34° 3' 3.23" N, 84° 5' 56.54" W
Suwanee Creek unit
Chattahoochee Drive trailhead	MAP	34° 1' 33.73" N, 84° 7' 31.27" W
Abbotts Bridge unit
Abbotts Bridge entrance	MAP	34° 1' 35.26" N, 84° 10' 1.45" W
Medlock Bridge unit
Medlock Bridge entrance	MAP	33° 59' 42.96" N, 84° 12' 17.36" W
Jones Bridge unit
Main entrance	MAP	34° 0' 9.74" N, 84°15' 19.75" W
Chattahoochee River Environmental Education Center (CREEC) entrance	MAP	33° 59' 27.51" N, 84° 15' 32.72" W
Holcomb Bridge unit, NO ACCESS
Island Ford unit
Island Ford entrance	MAP	33° 59' 40.64" N 84° 20' 2.16" W
Vickery Creek unit
Grimes Bridge Road trailhead	MAP	34° 1' 1.75" N, 84° 20' 36.98" W
Oxbo Road entrance	MAP	34° 1' 1.84" N, 84° 21' 31.36" W
Covered Bridge entrance	MAP	34° 0' 50" N, 84° 21' 33.95" W
Allenbrook entrance	MAP	34° 0' 29.58" N, 84° 21' 15.51" W
Riverside Road entrance	MAP	34° 0' 23.59" N, 84° 20' 58.25" W
Gold Branch unit
Lower Roswell Road entrance	MAP	33° 59' 6.14" N, 84° 23' 13.22" W
Johnson Ferry unit
Hyde Farm entrance	MAP	33° 58' 0.95" N, 84° 23' 29.25" W
Johnson Ferry Road entrance	MAP	33° 56' 42.34" N, 84° 24' 22.18" W
Columns Drive entrance	MAP	33° 56' 16.97" N, 84° 24' 53.25" W
Cochran Shoals unit
Sope Creek entrance	MAP	33° 56' 18.02" N, 84° 26' 37.95" W
Columns Drive entrance	MAP	33° 55' 18.17" N, 84° 26' 20.84" W
Interstate North entrance	MAP	33° 54' 6.79" N, 84° 26' 38.04" W
Powers Island entrance	MAP	33° 54' 10.42" N, 84° 26' 28.3" W
Palisades unit
Akers Drive entrance	MAP	33° 53' 26.52" N, 84° 27' 7.7" W
Indian Trail entrance	MAP	33° 53' 15.89" N, 84° 26' 1.44" W
Whitewater Creek entrance	MAP	33° 52' 36.17" N, 84° 26' 15.95" W
Paces Mill entrance	MAP	33° 52' 11.13" N, 84° 27' 21.78" W