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Starting in January we will be holding Second Saturday volunteer work days.  Start time will be 10:00am for January and February.  Meet at the Visitor's Center 15 minutes prior to start time. 

Let Us Know You're Coming!

RSVP via email or Join Events on Facebook 

Mark your calendar for the 12 Annual event on March 26!  Join fellow Paddlers and members of Friends of the Chattahoochee Bend State Park as we clean the 3+mile section of the river bordering the park. More details and sign up link to follow .

Join us as a leader, sweep, boat shuttle,  for a 5.5 mile hike and a 3 mile river paddle!

 The 2022 event dates will be published soon.

If you are available weekdays for any sort of volunteer work, such as maintaining trails, helping park staff with construction or beautification projects, please contact the park directly at 

770-254-7271 to find out what you can get done.
 

Each September the Friends groups statewide hold Your State Parks Day.  It is an opportunity to get a large group of people working statewide on projects in the Park system.  Past projects include garden building, gate beautification and trail entrance /walkway reconstruction.

We would love to see you attend our next event!

 The 11-mile Central Loop Equestrian Trail has been reviewed by GA DNR and approved.  

The trailer parking area is engineered, we are working with DNR on this critical improvement.  

Anyone with grant writing skills would be welcome as we raise funds to make horse trails a reality. 

 Our annual participation in the GA EPD Rivers Alive waterway cleanup campaign is held in October. Our cleanup focus will be "in the park", with volunteers on the river and on land.  Check back for 2022 date.

We participate in the annual LINC event with a booth and our kayak pool. 

 Volunteer to help out or come see us to learn about the park and  what we do.

The first 5.4 miles of the 15-20 miles of MTB trail system are Easy to Moderate, and feature four loops linked by a high-speed connector. 

Trails are being built in coordination with MTB Atlanta.  Workdays will be scheduled when we are ready to start the next section of trails.

• Boots and work gloves
• Water
• High-energy good-carb snacks
• Insect repellant 
• rakes: leaf, garden, or landscaping (leaf pref.)
• gas- or battery-powered blowers
• machetes
• sling blades
• loppers and pruning shears
• hand saws: bow, pruning, etc.
• gas- or battery-powered string trimmers
• axes and hatchets
• shovels, picks, adze hoes
• post-hole diggers
• wheelbarrows

  The mandatory first step for all Scouting projects is to contact John Sims, Scoutmaster, Troop 57 (Newnan) and Coweta District Member at jcsims@peoplepc.com for additional information and directions.  Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venture Scouts are encouraged to consider projects in the Park for Service Projects, Conservation Projects, and Eagle Scout Projects, etc. There are many opportunities including small and large bridges, numerous benches and tables, and spur trails, just to name a few. All projects will be considered so request one of the projects above or we encourage you to design your own project and submit it for review.