Recreation & Parks

Park Facilities Rental Information

Several of our park facilities can be rented and reserved. Please refer to the descriptions and instructions included in the attached rental forms for more information:

City of Johns Creek Parks

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 a mile 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 (see above for this summer's programs).

Newtown Park

Newtown Park (a City park) is located at 3150 Old Alabama Road, directly across the street from the Fulton County Fire Station. 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

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 lake, playground, picnic shelter and a large multi-purpose athletic field.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Chattahoochee River recreation 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

Five units are located in or near Johns Creek:

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

Medlock Bridge Unit fly fishing the Hooch

Trails, boat launch (motor or canoe), picnic tables
On GA 141 / Medlock Bridge Road, approximately 3.6 miles north of the Chattahoochee River

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

Suwanee Creek

Undeveloped / no services
In Gwinnett County just east of Peachtree Industrial Parkway

McGinnis Ferry Unit

Undeveloped / no services
Near the Forsyth County border