Veterans Memorial Park - Dawsonville Georgia

Yesterday my husband and I took Colt, our toddler, to Veterans Memorial Park in Dawsonville. We have been passing by this park on a fairly regular basis for more than a year but we have never stopped in. The reason we have never stopped is because we just thought this was the Dawsonville pool. We never really looked at the sign and we never really looked beyond the pool. We came across the park because we were driving on GA-400 and saw one of those brown road signs that point you in the direction of a place of interest. The signs led us to Veterans Memorial Park.


This park is definitely a kid-friendly establishment. As mentioned, there is a pool - which is of decent size for the community. The park has several baseball fields and two football fields, one of which has a surrounding track. There are two playground areas and another set of swings at the track. One of the playground areas is designed for 2-3 year old children in mind, but my 15-month old enjoyed it too. The park includes a really nice covered gazebo area that can be reserved for potlucks, family gatherings, birthday parties, or whatever. The gazebo is equipped with a really nice stone kitchenette, grill, and sink with running water, restrooms, chairs, and plenty of picnic tables.

Another feature to the park which I really liked, and which looks to be relatively new, is a 8/10 mile paved walking/biking trail. The trail travels through the entire park so you can park in any one of the half a dozen parking lots and walk the trail back to your car! Near the gazebo, which the trail passes by, are several fitness stations. Each station works on a different muscle group and provides complete instructions on how to conduct each exercise. These fitness stationed would be appropriate for older children to senior citizens.

Lastly, the memorial set up to remember Veteran's is small but very attractive and well kept.

In all I was very impressed with this park and I am glad we "discovered" it.