Our 2nd Saturday work days are a great way to get involved. Start time is 9:00am April to September and 10:00am October to March. Meet at the Visitor's Center 15 minutes prior to start time.
Let Us Know You're Coming!
The 15th Annual event took place on March 22, 2025. Paddlers and Walkers cleaned up the 3+mile section of the river bordering the park.
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.
Next event is September 2025.
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.
The date of our 2025 event will be posted in July.
We participate in the annual LINC event with an informational booth.
Looking forward to our 2025 participation!
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.
The mandatory first step for all Scouting projects is to contact Hayley Viles, Assistant Park Manager at hayley.viles@dnr.ga.gov 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
Thru March 31, buy a pair of movie tickets to any Regal Cinemas and the Bend Friends get 25% of the proceeds!
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