Paces Mill will be closed until May 2025 with no access to parking, facilities, or the canoe launch. The last park boat ramp south of US-41 is open with limited, non-parking vehicle access for take-out. Plan to exit the river before Paces! More
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2024-10-02
A majority of Paces Mill, the last river take-out at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) will close on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. The closure will include Paces Mill parking lot north of Highway 41, the main boat ramp, and restrooms.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2024-08-29
A new National Park Service report shows that 3,183,081 visitors to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in 2023 spent $161,166,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,149 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $236,780,000.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2024-06-12
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to authorize the Federal Highway Administration and the Georgia Department of Transportation to construct two additional bridges at the I-285/Chattahoochee River crossing, within the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, to accommodate new express lanes. Environmental impacts and mitigations statements and opportunity for public comment are available.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-09-20
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) is proud to announce the start of a pavement project to repair the parking lots at four popular park units. The work will include Akers Mill (West Palisades), Powers Island, Columns Drive and Interstate North (Cochran Shoals). This project will address critical maintenance needs, safety concerns, and result in temporary closures at each unit during the construction work.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-08-22
The peer-reviewed visitor spending analysis was conducted by economists at the National Park
Service. The report shows $23.9 billion of direct spending by nearly 312 million park visitors in
communities within 60 miles of a national park. This spending supported 378,400 jobs nationally;
314,600 of those jobs are found in these gateway communities. The cumulative benefit to the U.S.
economy was $50.3 billion.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-07-19
Today, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (park) reopened all sections of the Chattahoochee River that were closed due to elevated E. Coli contamination stemming from a release at Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility operated by Fulton County. The park closed sections of the river in late June as a safety precaution. The bacterial levels are now below the criteria recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, though conditions remain subject to change.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-07-10
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (park) is reopening the Chattahoochee River from Powers Island to all downstream sections of the park that were affected with elevated E. Coli contamination.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-07-03
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (park) extended a partial closure of the Chattahoochee River from Chattahoochee Nature Center to all downstream sections of the park due to elevated E. Coli contamination, which poses risks to health.
Locations:Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Date Released:2023-07-01
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (park) is extending a partial closure of the Chattahoochee River today from Johnson Ferry to the East Palisades-Whitewater Creek Unit due to elevated levels of E. coli contamination, which poses risks to health.
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