Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve and Heritage Center is located at 9770 Autrey Mill Road across from Country Club of the South. It has 46 acres of ravine forest, with more than two miles of walking trails which wind past a scenic creek with rocky shoals, picturesque cliffs, mature trees, wildflowers, native plants and animal life. Owned by the City of Johns Creek, the non-profit Autrey Mill Nature Preserve Association runs the park and provides year-round nature, historic, and scout badge programs and camps.
Newtown Park
Newtown Park (a City park) is located at 3150 Old Alabama Road. Facilities include 2 softball/baseball fields, 3 soccer fields, 6 tennis courts, 2 basketball courts, a 2-mile multi-use path, 13 picnic pavilions, a dog park and a small lake. The non-profit Newtown Recreation runs the park. Spring and fall sports seasons include baseball, soccer and lacrosse.
Ocee Park
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Ocee Park (a City park) is located at 10900 Buice Road at the corner of Kimball Bridge Road. Facilities include 7 softball/baseball fields (lighted), a pavilion, playground, 3 picnic shelters and walking/jogging track.
The non-profit Ocee Park Athletic Association runs the park and sponsors youth baseball and softball programs for boys and girls ages 5 to 16 years old. Programs for special needs children and seniors are also offered.
Shakerag Park
Shakerag Park (a City park) is located adjacent to River Trail Middle School at 10945 Rogers Circle. Facilities include a playground, picnic shelter and a large multi-purpose athletic field.
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (a National Park) is spread over a 48-mile section of the Chattahoochee River. It consists of 16 different areas or units beginning below Lake Lanier dam in Forsyth County and ending at Peachtree Creek in metro Atlanta.
Phone: 678-538-1200
Chattahoochee River is accessible from five locations in or near Johns Creek:
Abbotts Bridge Unit
- Trails, boat launch (motor or canoe), picnic tables, picnic pavilion, restrooms. On Abbotts Bridge Road, 7.8 miles east of Old Milton Parkway, just east of the Chattahoochee River in Gwinnett County
Jones Bridge Unit
- Trails, boat launch (motor, canoe & raft), picnic tables, restrooms, wheelchair-accessible
- Off Barnwell Road, 1.6 miles north of Holcomb Bridge Road
McGinnis Ferry Unit
- Undeveloped / no services
- Near the Forsyth County border
Medlock Bridge Unit
- Trails, boat launch (motor or canoe), picnic tables
- On GA 141 / Medlock Bridge Road, just south of the Chattahoochee River in Gwinnett County
Suwanee Creek
- Undeveloped / no services
- In Gwinnett County just east of Peachtree Industrial Parkway
