City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
17. Skip Barber Racing School
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (888) 282-4872, (770) 967-1220
Address: 5290 Winder Hwy.
Description: Road race enthusiasts can take their turns around the famous Road Atlanta track, experiencing the thrills of racing with the Skip Barber Racing School. The school offers a series of events including a two-day advanced school, lapping sessions and Mazda MX-5 follow. Prices start at $699 and go as high as $3,499 for the two days. Check their website for schedules.
18. Twain’s
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (404) 373-0063
Address: 21 East Trinity Place
Description: Twain’s is a favorite among Atlanta billiards players. The full-service brewpub, restaurant, and poolhall has been open since 1996. With 13 pool tables, it’s also a part of a Monday night pool league. Live music and good food accompany any visit. Twain’s is open at 11:30 a.m. daily except Monday when they open at 5 p.m. They close at 2 a.m. except Friday and Saturday when they are open until 3 a.m.
19. Bi-Plane Rides Over Atlanta
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 364-8746
Address: 1723 McCollum Pkwy.
Description: Lee Kluger, owner of Bi-Plane Rides Over Atlanta, will be glad to take you on a tour of Stone Mountain, Downtown, Lake Lanier, or McCollum Airport, where the firm is based. He offers flights year-round, usually on a same-day or next-day basis. The planes he uses are vintage. Flights last from 30 minutes to more than an hour and range from $249 to $379, depending on destination and length. Bi-Plane Rides Over Atlanta offers a fun and old-fashioned way to tour the city.
20. Brunswick Lanes
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 925-2000
Address: 3835 Lawrenceville Hwy.
Description: The Atlanta-area Brunswick Lanes are most crowded in the evenings (when leagues bowl) and on rainy days (when everyone wants to get out of the house). To check on lane availability and make reservations, which are highly recommended on weekends but not necessary, call the alley of your choice before you head out. Before 6 p.m. you pay $2.99 per game. After 6 p.m. the price goes up to $3.99. Shoe rental costs $3.69 or $4.69. Call ahead to confirm hours at the specific location near you.
21. Funtime Bowl
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (404) 636-7548
Address: 3285 Buford Hwy.
Description: With 24 well-maintained lanes, this alley promises non-stop fun. So much so that on Friday and Saturday they go cosmic, complete with black lights and glow lanes. They are open until 3 a.m. those nights, but otherwise operate until midnight. Prices start at $1.85 for league bowling and go to $3.20.
22. Midtown Bowling Lanes
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (404) 874-5703
Address: 1936 Piedmont Circle NE
Description: This bowling alley closes early only on Christmas Eve; the rest of the year, it’s open 24 hours. Groups of 15 or more may call to make a reservation. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. games cost $3.50 per person. After 6 p.m. you’ll pay $3.75 per game per person. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after 6 p.m., games are $3.50. Rent shoes for $3.50. You don’t bowl but you crave the spotlight? No problem! Head for Express Lane’s Sugar Daddy’s lounge, where the laser karaoke machine may make you a star.
23. Cloudland Canyon State Park
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (706) 657-4050, (800) 864-PARK
Address: 122 Cloudland Canyon Park Rd.
Description: Off GA 136, 25 miles northwest of Lafayette, Cloudland is about a one-and-a-half-hour drive from Atlanta on the western edge of Lookout Mountain. The park has 72 tent and trailer sites, 30 campsites, and 16 cottages. Although there’s no lake, the park offers a swimming pool and tennis facilities. Wander the hiking trails and marvel at the scenery of this lovely park in the north Georgia mountains. The first night’s deposit holds your reservation. Campsites cost $19 a night for tent sites, $23-$25 for RVs. Cabins have two or three bedrooms and cost $120 or $140 per night. Linens, towels, and kitchen utensils are included in the cost. There’s a $2 per car parking fee.
24. Lake Lanier Islands
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 932-7270
Address: 6950 Holiday Rd.
Description: Lake Lanier Islands has more than 300 lakeside campsites available year-round. The campgrounds feature a fishing pier, an outdoor pavilion, laundry facilities, a store for supplies, a dump station, and a boat launch ramp. All RV sites have water and electricity; some have sewer hookups. Primitive sites are $32.99 to $37.99 per night; sites with water, electricity, and sewer hookups for tents, campers, or RVs are $37.99. Primitive lakefront RV sites are $35.99 per day.
25. Red Top Mountain Park
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 975-0055, (800) 864-PARK
Address: 50 Lodge Rd. SE
Description: One-and-a-half miles east of I-75 at exit 123, Red Top, on a 1,950-acre peninsula along Lake Allatoona, offers 92 tent and trailer sites for $23 to $225 per night. A 33-room lodge costs $675 per room, double occupancy, during the week, and $130 on weekends. There are also 18 fully equipped cottages for $105 a night during the week, $135 on weekends. There is a seven-night minimum stay from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Cottages sleep up to eight people, and while they have no TV or phone, they do have fireplaces, decks, and grills. Adding to the pleasures are 50 picnic sites, fishing, tennis facilities, nature trails, three marinas, boat ramps, and five docks.
26. Stone Mountain Park Family Campground
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 498-5710, (800) 385-9807
Description: Just 16 miles east of Atlanta, this park’s campground features more than 440 wooded lakeside camping sites as well as a supply store. You can make limited reservations subject to availability. The campground features complete RV hookups as well as rustic tent sites that rent from $33 to $40 per night. You must be 18 years or older to rent a campsite. Besides camping fees, you’ll pay $10 per car to enter the park.
27. Victoria Bryant Park
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (706) 245-6270, (800) 864-PARK
Address: 1105 Bryant Park Rd.
Description: This park is 4 miles west of Royston off US 29. It offers 27 RV sites, 6 tent sites, and a pioneer site for $23 or $35 per night. In addition to being a well-maintained park, Victorian Bryant also has a lake for fishing and one fish pond reserved for campers only. You can swim in the pool, and kids can enjoy several playgrounds scattered through the park. You also can play golf or roam the nature and hiking trails.
28. Go With the Flow Action Paddlesports
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (770) 992-3200, (888) 345-FLOW
Address: 4 Elizabeth Way
Description: Go With the Flow will provide you with everything you need to have an action-packed day on the water. A full-service paddlesports dealer, Go With the Flow offers everything from canoe and white-water kayak rentals to the equipment you’ll need to keep safe on your adventure, such as helmets and life vests. Reservations are recommended at least one week in advance of your desired rental dates. Visit the website for rental rates.
29. Atlanta Climbing Club
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: If climbing up tall structures turns you on, the folks in the Atlanta Climbing Club are your kind of people. They meet at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month. Visit the website for more information.
30. metro atlanta cycling club
City: Atlanta, GA
Category: Parks & Recreation
Description: This all black cycling club got its start in the mid-1980’s out of the now defunct Yellow Jersey Bicycle Shop in South Dekalb, which had opened its doors not only to serve the cycling community, but also to bring awareness of the sport to the black community. The club’s founding members, Larry Anderson and Dikobe McFarlane, shared the same vision and, as a result, started the Metro Atlanta Cycling Club (MACC). Regular rides and events are scheduled. Contact MACC through their website.