Tag: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Be safe around the Chattahoochee’s Diving Rock
Leaping from Diving Rock has been something of a rite of passage for generations of Georgians, including Jimmy Carter, who jumped while serving as governor in 1972. Mother Nature may have obliged in building an organic diving board, but the reality is that, being a natural feature, Diving Rock was not designed with safety in mind.
Rediscovering the Chattahoochee: Former riverkeeper Sally Bethea looks back in a new memoir
Sally Bethea is still getting to know the river she’s devoted much of her life to. Hired as founding director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper in 1994, she spent 20 years protecting and restoring the neglected waterway. But “being a mom and running a small business, which a nonprofit is, you rush from one thing to another,” she says. “You’re getting big stuff done and moving on.”
Five spots to find solace in the great outdoors near metro Atlanta
From a quiet monastery in Conyers to a serene bike trail in Dallas, Georgia.
8 nature escapes only an hour away from downtown Atlanta
As host of GPB’s Georgia Outdoors, I’ve discovered many places to escape into nature that are an hour or less from downtown. Here are some of my favorites.
Five reasons to love Vinings
Just across the banks of the Chattahoochee River, Vinings is Cobb County’s only ITP neighborhood, adjacent to Buckhead and a 10-mile drive northwest of downtown.
Get hiking on these 3 favorite Atlanta trails
In the recently released second edition of Afoot & Afield: Atlanta, writer and outdoorsman Marcus Woolf guides readers through 108 of the region’s trails, offering GPS coordinates and historical background on each one. We asked Woolf for three of his favorites in the metro area.