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Family- and kid-friendly outdoor opportunities put roses in the cheeks and promote a good night's sleep for everyone. Check out our listings for amusement parks, playgrounds, gardens, boat and train rides, farms and farmer's markets, nature centers, zoos, ski slopes, and more.
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Picnic Park and All Children's Playground


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Location: 151 Willowbend Road, Peachtree City, GA
Picnic Park, located in Peachtree City, boasts an excellent play structure, All Children's Playground. A series of ramps and bridges connect the whole play area, which has a cushy rubber...

Swift-Cantrell Park


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Location: 3140 Old 41 Hwy, Kennesaw, GA
Kennesaw's largest community park features two colossal, PowerScape Plus playground structures with climbers, swings, bridges, and play events; and an Xscape System featuring circuits, walls, climbers...

Glenwood Park All Weather Farmers Market


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Location: 928 Glenwood Ave, Atlanta, GA
Glenwood Park's bi-weekly weekend Farmers Market is packed with produce, fresh eggs, sweet treats, and kids' activities, and it's in an air-conditioned space - a big plus in the Hotlanta summer...

Chastain Horse Park


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Location: 4371 Powers Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA
Chastain Horse Park, is a premier equestrian center, dedicated to serving riders with cognitive, physical, or emotional disabilities, as well as inner-city and at-risk children, and the general...

Fernbank Museum of Natural History


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Location: 767 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA
Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located adjacent to the 70 acres of grounds where Emily Harrison, a young girl growing up in the late 1800s, played. It's named for her favorite spot in th...

Suwanee Farmers Market


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Location: 370 Buford Highway, Suwanee, GA
Locally grown organic produce, fresh cut flowers, and baked goods.

Stone Mountain Park


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Location: Highway 78 East, Stone Mountain, GA
The winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best spot for family bonding in Atlanta, Stone Mo...

Town Center Park


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Location: 370 Buford Highway, Suwanee, GA
The "front yard" of the city of Suwanee is a 10-acre park that boasts one mile of strolling and rolling surfaces with three interlinking elliptical pathways and sidewalks; more than 200 maple, gum, sy...

Southeastern Railway Museum


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Location: 3595 Buford Hwy, Duluth, GA
The Southeastern Railway Museum occupies a 30-acre site and houses about 90 items of rolling stock including historic Pullman cars and classic steam locomotives.

Visitors may take a 1...

Cochran Mill Nature Center


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Location: 6300 Cochran Mill Road, Fairburn, GA
Located 20 minutes south of Atlanta in Fairburn, the Cochran Mill Nature Center features a sizable collection of resident education animals, as well as transient animals passing through as part of its...

Chattahoochee Nature Center


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Location: 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell, GA
The Chattahoochee Nature Center is a private non-profit natural science center with 127 acres of trails, native plants, animals - including beavers and raptors.

The CNC offers r...

Tribble Mill Park


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Location: 2125 Tribble Mill Parkway, Lawrenceville, GA
The 700-acre Tribble Mill Park has two lakes, fishing, a large playground, and trails for walking, jogging, mountain biking, and horseback riding.

Atlanta Botanical Garden


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Location: 1345 Piedmont Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta Botanical Garden offers a 30-acre respite from the hustle and bustle of city life. Here you'll find formal gardens (including specialty flower gardens - perennial, Japanese, and Ros...

Atlanta History Center


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Location: 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA
Take the kids for a bit of time traveling at the Atlanta History Center, where you can explore award-winning exhibitions in the Atlanta History Museum, a two-story facility with 30,000 s...

Centennial Olympic Park


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Location: 265 Park Avenue West, Atlanta, GA
Centennial Olympic Park is the winner of our 2008 Parents' Picks quest to find the best Playground/Park f...
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