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    Yellow River Park

    4.4 (27 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Bridge along the walking trail
    Gretchen S.

    I'm gonna have to agree with Paul R. I've never seen a bad park in Georgia yet either. We all have our preferences and some parks have facilities that others don't, but I've gotta admit that Georgia has some of the best parks around collectively. I've only been to this park twice so far. Both times were last year. The first time I just drove up with my clients to kind of scope out and get familiar with the place. Then, before our second trip here, the horribly tragic and senseless murder of beautiful, young Tori Lang occurred and she was found here. It was right around the time of the Piedmont Park murder too. (My deepest condolences and prayers go out to all survivors of the victims for justice, even though nothing will replace their loved ones of course). There were a lot of questions and rumors out there about a possible serial killer (which have since been refuted). So at the time, I decided to wait it out before returning and stick to areas my clients and I were more familiar with...We recently made it back here last month and enjoyed our first real experience here. It was kind of a chilly day, right after the rain. I don't recommend it during the rainy days as it was pretty muddy out, but there are still paved areas you can walk along. It felt safe when we went as there were lots of other families and people walking their dogs there. There was even a ladies' workout group in session under the main pavilion near the entrance. My client who came with me that day enjoyed looking out at the river and listening to the beautiful, serene sounds of the water flowing. It's definitely a nice place to come get away for awhile if you're in the area. There's also one of those free little libraries out front if you want to find or exchange (mostly) kids' or any books. Having been here once now, officially, we probably would be back.

    Main multi-use area
    Robin S.

    Yellow River Park is a multi-use park operated by Gwinnett County, located a few miles southeast of Stone Mountain on the Yellow River, which is one of the feeder rivers into the Ocmulgee. The park supports horse riding, bicycling and a limited amount of hiking. There is a large pavilion for group activities near the main multi-use parking area, with rest rooms and a playground. The bicycling parking area also has restrooms and there is a group campground nearby with a smaller pavilion and a few fire rings. The equestrian parking area has limited facilities other than a parking area designed to accommodate horse trailers. I came here to check out the potential for hiking trails. Unfortunately, that is not what this park is about. The multi-use area has a paved loop path about a mile long which runs past a large open grassy field. Off that path, there is a short trail to an observation deck overlooking the river. There, if you go down a dirt trail on the side of the deck, you can get down to the river. It's not a maintained trail and it doesn't go far. There is also a longer dirt trail that parallels the paved path along the river, but it's still pretty short. On the other end on the paved loop there's a dirt path that runs that direction along the river. Again, not very long but you can get right on the river. The park has a ton of bike trails and I imagine you can use them for hiking if you are careful to watch for riders. I saw no bike riders on a quiet Monday morning. My impression of this park was fairly benign at first - it's a place where locals can come for casual walks, biking and maybe picnicking. Horse riding, too. But then I noticed that as I framed my photographs, particularly on the few dirt trails near the river, I had to work to keep unsightly trash out of view of the lens. I realized that there is a hell of a lot of trash in this park. And not just stuff carried to shore by the river - although there's enough of that, too - but garbage that uncaring visitors just seem to dump as they walk. Done with that Pepsi? No problem - just let it go and gravity will do its thing. Want to drink a few beers by the river? Great idea and no need to pack out the empties I guess. Skittles packet empty? Let the breeze take it away. I could go on and on. The photos I took of the river required quite a bit of framing to keep the trash (mostly) unseen. The pictures look nice but I was fairly disgusted by what I saw. Yellow River Park is the trashiest park I've visited in recent memory. You might not think that if you stick to the paved loop or the grassy areas. Those apparently are kept up and treated better (although not well enough). But step off onto a dirt path and you'll see how the people treat this park. In fairness, The garbage seemed a lot worse in the multi-use area than in the bike area. I walked a few trails there and didn't see an inordinate amount of trash. If I ever return, it will be with a trash bag.

    Campground
    John D.

    One of Gwinnett's hidden gems for camping. Nice, flat camping area. Utilities. Clean restrooms. Great staff.

    Beautiful but busy park. We went on New Years Day and I was surprised at how busy Nice walking trails. My dogs loved going down by the river. I will have to go back another time when it is not so crowded.

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    It's a beautiful and pleasant place to walk. I especially loved the fact that the nature is in tact and not over groomed.

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    Awesome park! Great trials that go along the River and cool places to hangout and eat on the rocks or get some sun! 100% recommend.

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    This is a awesome place.. great walking trails you can go et down into the river area and play around on the to.. my kids love this place...

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    Love this place. We've been visiting since my sister and I were children. Wish they had more funding to give this place upgrades.

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    Ask the Community - Yellow River Park

    I am seeing conflicting info on the net regarding the hours of this park. Can anyone clarify what time it opens and closes?

    From what I saw on signs posted throughout the park: basically dusk to dawn (sun up to sun down). Hope this helps.

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    Lots of green space scenic trails by the river for walking and exercise they also have a playground area and gazebo for event rental.

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    Off leash walking on white trail (goes around lake) - not too crowded on weekday mornings.
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