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GOVERNMENT - PATHWAY TRAILS & PARKS

The Perfect Park is Waiting for You!

Morrow is home to 11 lush parks that provide the ideal settings for your recreation needs, whether that entails working out, enjoying a picnic or playing with the kids.

If your main motivation for visiting a park is to work out, Morrow has many options for you. Barton Memorial Park, located along Meadowbrook, provides running trails and in the future will include a skate park and a splash pool. Reynold's Nature Preserve is a great place to walk and take in breathtaking scenery. Jim and Peggy Millirons Park will soon be a destination point along Morrow's future Jesters Creek Trail System.

For those who love to relax at a park, try Charles Sorrow Park on Patricia Drive, a tranquil haven for those who enjoy reading a good book in the outdoors. John Robert Park is another meditative retreat in the heart of Morrow, located on John Robert Drive, as is Frost and Thelma Ward Park located at the junction of Rickenbacker Circle and York Road.

Families in Morrow can always take their kids to play and enjoy a nice picnic at one of our many parks equipped with playgrounds and picnic tables:

• Shirley and Wendall Watterson Park
• Milton Daniel Park
• J.L. Christian Park
• Parker E. Duffey Memorial Park
• Melvin and Jean Newman Park

Morrow's parks are the perfect escape for everyone. You can be sure there is a perfect park waiting for you, here in Morrow!

Newman Wetlands Center
Morrow is also home to a unique wetlands and environmental education facility, Newman Wetlands Center, which is host to interesting exhibits and a boardwalk trail that takes you through a wetland full of exciting wildlife and plant species.

Atlanta Beach
Near to Morrow you will find Atlanta Beach. The Beach at Clayton County International Park is Atlanta's "park inside a park". Offering a variety of recreational activities that will keep your friends and family entertained all year long. In addition to The Beach, water park and concert facilities are open during the summer season. The park provides acres of fishing lakes, picnics areas, and bike trails for year round family entertainment. Site of the 1996 Olympic Beach volleyball tournament, The Beach has a world class beach volleyball venue.