nature park – Dina's Wildlife Adventures

Some people shop and visit tourist attractions when they visit Atlanta but since Brett and I lived in here for many years, we’d rather spend the time outdoors. Especially when it’s cold out since we have such a short winter back home. We found 2 more new parks to walk while we were in here in December. The Dunwoody Nature Center is a small park and we walked this quickly. Even though it was close to were I worked when I lived in Atlanta I never made it here. It was pretty with a creek running through it but tiny so we found another park after this one.

Nearby Morgan Falls Overlook Park has a lot of history. It was a big park and we walked for a while. I’m sure it’s beautiful here in the fall when the leaves are starting to turn.

The Power family lived here in the 1830’s and built their log cabin here and farmed this land. The brother ran a ferry business along the Chattahoochee River (hence the name Power’s Ferry Road). In 1902 the land was deeded to the Atlanta Water and Electric Company. You can read about the Power family and more of the history of this park here.

We walked down the path along the water and the clouds were moving in.

We stumbled on this cool dam in the park. This dam was built in 1904 and still generates power today. The overlook park was opened in 2010. You can read more about the dam here.

All of the parks we visited on this trip were free to visit and park which was a bonus. So many nice places to hike when we visit.

It was drizzling the morning we were driving back to Tampa. Looking out the side window I could see the tall buildings in Buckhead.

One last look at the city as we drove through.

Brett and I found a new park while we were in Atlanta in December. The Vickory Creek Park is in Roswell and the old Roswell Mill ruins are along the creek.

There are over 5 miles of hiking trails and while I’m sure it’s prettier in the summer when the leaves are on the trees I was glad we could see all around including the old textile mill in the bottom shot above.

Walking the higher trail, we could see the waterfall far down below.

We made our way to the other side and came upon parts of the old mill. Roswell Mill was built in the 1830’s and the dam and waterfall were used to power the booming textile business here. During the Civil War Union soldiers burned most of it down and the mill was rebuilt in the 1870’s.