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Standing Peachtree Park

Standing Peachtree Park
August 04, 2016 by Shawn Taylor in parks

Also known as Fort Peachtree Park, Standing Peachtree is a park at the confluence of Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River.

Standing Peachtree was a Creek Indian village and trading post. An Indian trail ran from south along a ridge line towards what is now downtown Atlanta. This trail later became Peachtree Street, named after the village.

Fort Peachtree was built here in 1814, during the War of 1812. A reconstruction of the fort was built, but is not currently open to the public.

The greenspace here was closed for security reasons surrounding the 1996 Olympics, and was just re-opened to the public in 2014.


Address (approximate): 2715 Ridgewood Rd NW (on the west side of Ridgewood Rd, just north of Peachtree Creek)
Admission: None
Acres: 15
Approximate miles of trails: 0.5
Hours: Daylight hours
Miles from downtown Atlanta: 7

Features:

  • Pavilion
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Good to combine with:

  • Spink-Collins Park
  • Whittier Mills Park (post forthcoming)
  • Atlanta Memorial Park (post forthcoming)
August 04, 2016 /Shawn Taylor
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