Summer in Georgia is HOT! Luckily there are lots of places to cool off with some fun in the water.
Below are some of our favorite spots!
SPLASH PADS & FOUNTAINS:
⛲ DULUTH: Town Green Fountain and Splash Pad: 3167 Main Street, Duluth
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9AM-9PM;Fri & Sat 9AM-10PM; Sun 12-10PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Town Green features restrooms, interactive fountain and splash pad, live music occasionally, nearby restaurants and adjacent to Taylor Park, a train-themed playground including a miniature train depot and train set with everything from a steam engine to a caboose.
⛲ PEACHTREE CORNERS: Town Green Interactive Water Feature: 5200 Town Center Blvd, Peachtree Corners
Hours: 9 AM - 7 PM, 7 days a week
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Town Green features restrooms, interactive water feature/splash pad and an adjacent playground.
⛲ NORCROSS: Splash Pad at Lillian Webb Park: 5 College Street, Norcross
Hours: Everyday 10 AM - 8 PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Park features gazebo, interactive splash pad, restrooms, volleyball and nearby restaurants.
⛲ SUWANEE: Big Splash Interactive Fountain, 330 Town Center Avenue, Suwanee
Hours: Every day 9:30AM- 9:30PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: One of Gwinnett's largest interactive fountains, Suwanee's Big Splash features 43 jets and uses up to 1,400 gallons of water per minute. (The water is recycled.) Water quality is checked throughout the day.
⛲ SUWANEE: Old Atlanta Spray Pad: 810 Nichols Road, Suwanee
Hours: Tuesday- Saturday 10 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $2 per person
More Info: Features: 2-picnic pavilions, 2-playgrounds, nature trail - 1 mile, recreation center, spray pad
⛲ ALPHARETTA: Town Green Fountain, 40 S Main St, Alpharetta
Hours: Everyday 9AM-65M
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Bring a towel, wear your swim gear (or clothes) and have fun!!!
There are public bathrooms on the exterior of the ground floor of City Hall closest to the library by the garden and in the parking garage across from the library
⛲ ROSWELL: East Roswell Park, 9000 Fouts Rd, Roswell
Hours: 10 AM - 8 PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Sprayground, playground, picnic areas, pond, dog park, disc golf, and trails.
⛲ SUGAR HILL: Sugar Hill Splash Park, 1166 Church Street Sugar Hill, Sugar Hill
Hours: 10 AM - 9PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Interactive splash pad, wheelchair accessible, restrooms and nearby restaurants.
⛲ SUGAR HILL: EE Robinson Park, 850 Level Creek Rd, Sugar Hill
Hours: Closed on Mondays, Tuesday 10AM-8PM, Wednesday open noon -8 PM, Thurs-Sun 10AM-8PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Interactive splash pad, restrooms, pavilions and covered playgrounds.
⛲ BUFORD: Town Park Fountain, Buford Community Center: 2200 Buford Hwy, Buford
Hours: Daily from 10AM - 6PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Interactive fountain and splash pad
⛲ BUFORD: Village Pavilion at Mall of Georgia: 3333 Buford Dr., Buford
Hours: Daily from 10AM - 9PM , Sunday 12 to 6PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Restaurants and restrooms in Mall
SWIMMING POOLS:
🏊 DULUTH/ BERKELEY LAKE: West Gwinnett Park Aquatic Center Outdoor Pool & Water Park: 4488 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Berkeley Lake
Hours: Mon-Sat noon- 6PM; Sunday 1-6 PM
Cost: 3 and under $3.25, 4-10 $4.25, 11-49 $5.50, 50+ 3.25 or an UNLIMITED FUN CARD (valid Memorial Day through Labor Day) $79.50 and up
More Info: Features outdoor leisure pool with zero-depth entry, two giant water slides, river channel, bubble bench, vortex, spray bar, water play structures and indoor lap pool and restrooms.
🏊 NORCROSS: Best Friend Park Pool (Outdoor Pool): 6224 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross
Hours: Mon-Sat noon- 6PM; Sunday 1-6 PM
Cost: 3 and under $3.25, 4-10 $4.25, 11-49 $5.50, 50+ 3.25 or an UNLIMITED FUN CARD (valid Memorial Day through Labor Day) $79.50 and up
More Info: Outdoor leisure pool with zero-depth entry, giant waterslide, and water play structures
🏊 NORCROSS: Bethesda Park Aquatic Center (Indoor/ Outdoor Pool): Norcross
Hours: Mon-Sat noon- 6PM; Sunday 1-6 PM
Cost: 3 and under $3.25, 4-10 $4.25, 11-49 $5.50, 50+ 3.25 or an UNLIMITED FUN CARD (valid Memorial Day through Labor Day) $79.50 and up
More Info: Indoor leisure pool with zero-depth entry, giant water slide that exits and then reenters the building, river channel, water play structures
🏊 BUFORD: Bogan Park Aquatic Center (Indoor Pool Park) : 2723 N Bogan Rd NE, Buford
Hours: Mon-Sat noon- 6PM; Sunday 1-6 PM
Cost: 3 and under $3.25, 4-10 $4.25, 11-49 $5.50, 50+ 3.25 or an UNLIMITED FUN CARD (valid Memorial Day through Labor Day) $79.50 and up
More Info: Indoor leisure pool with zero-depth entry, giant waterslide and
water play structures
🏊 LAWRENCEVILLE: Collins Hill Aquatic Center (Outdoor Pool): 2200 Collins Hill Road, Lawrenceville
Hours: Mon-Fri noon - 6PM; Sat & Sun 1-6PM
Cost: 3 and under $3.25, 4-10 $4.25, 11-49 $5.50, 50+ 3.25 or an UNLIMITED FUN CARD (valid Memorial Day through Labor Day) $79.50 and up
More Info: Outdoor leisure pool with zero-depth entry, river channel, water play structures, and two giant slides
🏊 ALPHARETTA: Wills Park Pool, 1815 Old Milton Pkwy, Alpharetta (Outdoor Pool)
Hours: Tuesday 12 PM- 8 PM, Sat 10AM-8PM, Sunday 12 PM -46PM
Cost: $8, Resident discount - $5 Ages 3 and under, FREE General fee (age 55+) - $2, Resident discount** (age 55+) - $1
More Info: Outdoor swimming pool with zero-depth entry, interactive play stations and a water slide, plus a 10-lane competition pool with depths from 4 feet – 12.5 feet, and two diving boards (1-meter, 3-meter).
PARKS WITH WATER:
💧DULUTH: W.P. Jones Memorial Park: 3750 Pleasant Hill Rd
Hours: 9AM-9PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Playground, picnic shelter, trails, shady creek for wading and restrooms.
💧DULUTH: Rogers Bridge Park, 4291 Rogers Bridge Rd, Duluth
Hours: 9AM-9PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: The Chattahoochee River flows along the northern boundary of the park. A gravel parking lot, picnic pavilions, playground, a canoe launch, and the Chattapoochee Dog Park are the recreational amenities in the park.
💧JOHNS CREEK: Autrey Mill Nature Preserve, 9770 Autrey Mill Road, Johns Creek
Hours: Everyday, 8AM -9PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Autrey Mill has over 2.5 miles of trails through a hardwood forest. The trails wander past a scenic creek with rocky shoals, many spring seeps, mature trees, wildflowers, native plants, and a variety of animal life. There is plenty to explore with bridges, an overlook, a gold mine, foundation stones of the old mill, plus benches and pavilions. Autrey Mill is also the home to turtles, ducks, goats, rabbits and others.
💧PEACHTREE CORNERS: Jones Bridge Park, 4901 E Jones Bridge Rd, Peachtree Corners:
Hours: Everyday 9AM-9PM
Cost: FREE!!
More Info: Park right on the Chattahoochee River with river access, playground and rest rooms.
TUBING:
🛶 DULUTH: $10 River Tubing: (Chattahoochee River) 4349 Abbotts Bridge Road, Duluth
Hours: 10 AM - 2 PM, 7 days a week
Cost: 4 mile float: open tube $25, closed tube $27; Includes Coast Guard approved life jacket & shuttle. ($2 National Park Fee not included.) Unlimited season Pass $80
More Info: This is the absolute best tubing in Georgia. Tubing the Chattahoochee is perfect for the entire family, pets too.
WATER PARKS:
🎢 BUFORD: The Water Park at Margaritaville, Lake Lanier Islands, 7000 Lanier Islands Pkwy, Buford
Hours: Everyday 11AM-7PM; select weekends open until 9PM See Schedule HERE
Cost: Water Park $34.99 and up; 3 and under FREE! Includes Water Park unlimited access to wave pool, water slides, and mini golf.
More Info: Features over a half-mile of white, sandy beaches with lounging clusters and over a dozen wet rides, slides, and attractions, including Wild Waves, Georgia’s largest wave pool. Also enjoy dive-in family movies, amusement rides, interactive games, and shows for all ages plus a variety of dining options.
🎢 AUSTELL: Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags Over Georgia, 275 Riverside Pkwy, Austell
Hours: Daily 1 PM - 5 PM Opening Day May 27,2023
Cost: Starting at 34.99. See pricing HERE. Kids 2 and under are FREE.
More Info: Ride the surf in the giant wave pool, plummet down an enclosed tunnel into a zero-gravity wave slide on the “Tsunami Surge” or take on the three, twisting slides of the “Bonzai Pipelines.” “Paradise Island” includes an interactive children’s playground. Included with Six Flags Over Georgia General Admission Ticket.
🎢 MARIETTA: Six Flags White Water, 250 Cobb Parkway N, #100, Marietta
Hours: Everyday 11.00 AM to 7:00 PM
Cost: Starting at $29.99. See pricing HERE.
Kids 2 and under are FREE.
More Info: Rides for families, like the Bahama Bob Slide, where families pilot rafts down rapids; younger kids, like Lilypad Crossing, a balancing game across a pool; and daredevils, like the Typhoon Twister, a five-story drop!
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