Trees Atlanta, a nonprofit volunteer advocacy organization, is dedicated to tree conservation and planting. Since it began in 1984, Trees Atlanta has planted more than 15,000 trees along Atlanta's streets and highways. If you're into boardsailing, bicycling, tennis, soccer, or even paintball, you'll find places to play and people to share your enthusiasm. We've presented a sampling of the leagues, clubs, networks, and facilities available for various sports and hobbies. It includes listings of clubs, events, and lessons and appears in the first Thursday of the month.
City parks are open from sunrise to sunset.
In addition, all the metro counties and smaller cities operate popular parks. For information on both, see our chapter on Attractions . Nearby or within an easy drive are numerous state parks, many of them in the lush North Georgia mountains, and the Chattahoochee National Forest. Lake Sidney Lanier in Hall, Forsyth, and Dawson counties, and Lake Allatoona in Cobb, Cherokee, and Bartow counties. You can hardly throw a stick in this town and not have it land in a park.