East Cobb Outdoors: A Fact Sheet for the River, Parks and Trails

East Cobb sits on the Chattahoochee, and that river access is a big part of daily life here. Here are the numbers behind the places my clients use most.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Established on August 15, 1978, the park protects 48 miles of river and about 10,550 acres. It drew more than 3.5 million visits in 2022. Several of its units border East Cobb:

• Cochran Shoals: the park's largest and busiest unit. Its 3-mile fitness trail is flat, wheelchair-accessible and shared by walkers, runners and cyclists.
• Sope Creek: trails wind past the ruins of the historic Marietta Paper Mill.
• Johnson Ferry North and South: right off Johnson Ferry Road, with a boat ramp open to all types of boats.
• Gold Branch: wooded trails along Bull Sluice Lake near the Roswell line.

East Cobb Park. Dedicated on June 28, 2003, at 3322 Roswell Road, the park started at 13 acres. Cobb added 22 acres in 2018, and nearby floodplain land along Sewell Mill Creek was donated. It has walking trails, two playgrounds, five pavilions and summer events like Music in the Park.

Fullers Park. A 50-acre active park with ball fields, tennis courts, a soccer field and a gym. A bridge over Sewell Mill Creek connects it to East Cobb Park.

Take it from Mary: if trail access matters to you, I can pull homes within a short drive of a specific river unit. Proximity to Johnson Ferry or Cochran Shoals is something buyers here ask about by name.

A note on the numbers: every figure in this post is a good-faith estimate taken from the sources below as of the date it was posted. Figures aren't exact and can change, so please do your own research and confirm anything important with the official source before relying on it.

Sources

• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (Wikipedia)
• Chattahoochee River NRA park statistics (NPS)
• Chattahoochee River NRA watercraft launches (NPPlan)
• Gold Branch unit, Chattahoochee River NRA (NPPlan)
• East Cobb Park (Wikipedia)

Photo: Thomson200 via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.