Weekend Warrior: Sandy Springs Conservancy

Weekends are for greenspace! We encourage our participants to visit a local park, trail or greenspace and just get outside over the the weekend. There’s no requirement on the park that you visit. Each week participants will have an opportunity to earn 75 points for visiting a new local park or trail during the challenge.

Interested in learning about new parks to explore? Livable Buckhead has joined forces with REI and 9 other organizations to encourage Metro Atlanta residents to get outside and visit a local park by participating in a separate challenge called Hikes For Health.

This weekend check out the parks of Sandy Springs Conservancy. The Sandy Springs Conservancy was established in 2001 in a grass-roots effort by citizens to preserve rapidly disappearing greenspace and recreation areas in Sandy Springs. Before Sandy Springs was even a city, there was the Sandy Springs Conservancy. Parks include:

• Overlook Park – Situated alongside the Chattahoochee River, Overlook Park is a world class park to be enjoyed by all.
• North Abernathy Greenway Park – When increasing traffic along Abernathy Road necessitated a state road widening project, the City worked with federal, state and county agencies to fund land acquisition along Johnson Ferry Road, acquiring 42 homes in total.
• Abernathy Playable Art Park – Following the development of the Abernathy Greenway, In 2010 and 2011, SSC used a portion of the grant from Northside Hospital to build a unique destination park for children.
• South Abernathy Greenway Park – Following the development of the North Abernathy Greenway and Abernathy Playable Art Park, the SSC continued with their stakeholder involvement role. Garnering neighborhood support, the SSC brought in surrounding neighbors to design a woodland trail, and worked with the City to build a wonderful walking trail along the South side of Abernathy and Johnson Ferry Roads toward Roswell Road.
• Johnson Ferry Tree Line Trail – In order to improve connectivity to the Abernathy Greenway Park, the SSC worked with the neighborhoods throughout the community to raise funds and plant a significant tree line along Johnson Ferry Road to beautify and shade the sidewalks, encouraging people to get out and walk.

For more information about these and more parks, go to https://www.sandyspringsconservancy.org/