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Reynolds Nature Preserve

Reynolds Nature Preserve
July 31, 2021 by Shawn Taylor in parks

Address: 5665 Reynolds Road, Morrow, Ga 30260
Cost of admission: None
Governance: Clayton County Parks and Recreation
Acres: 146
Approximate miles of trails: 3
Hours: 8:00am to dusk daily (Interpretive Center is open 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday)
Miles from downtown Atlanta: 12
MARTA directions: Take the 193 from East Point station to Jonesboro Rd @ Westwood Way. From there, walk west on Westwood Way. The road deadends into the Morrow Pathway. Take the path to its end at Reynolds Road. One entrance to the preserve is directly across Reynolds Road from where the path intersects it.
Parking: There are multiple preserve parking areas along Reynolds Road. There are bike racks located at the interpretive center and at the third trailhead listed below.
Trailhead(s): There are multiple trailheads:

  1. The main entrance is at the interpretive center, at 33.6011169,-84.3470463.

  2. A second parking lot is at 33.5974665,-84.3436243, and you can access the trail here.

  3. A third trailhead is located at the south end of the park along Reynolds Road, at 33.5955272,-84.343485.

Trail surface: Natural

Amenities:

  • Interpretive Center (8-5 Monday-Friday)

  • Bike racks (at first and third trailheads mentioned above)

  • Restrooms (in the interpretive center; were open on a weekend when I visited, even though the center was not)

  • Demonstration garden

  • One of a series of Clayton County geocaches

Links:

  • Clayton County Parks and Recreation

  • Reynolds Nature Preserve

  • Map

Great Blue Heron, December 16, 2017

Great Blue Heron, December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

Eastern Bluebird, December 16, 2017

Eastern Bluebird, December 16, 2017

Carolina Wren, December 16, 2017

Carolina Wren, December 16, 2017

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, July 31, 2021

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, July 31, 2021

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

Transverse-banded Flower Fly, July 31, 2021

Transverse-banded Flower Fly, July 31, 2021

Belted Kingfisher, December 16, 2017

Belted Kingfisher, December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

December 16, 2017

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