Garrard Landing Park — Attraction in Roswell

This is a well maintained park with a bunch of trails and a children's playground. There is a man made pond with fountains, as well as a gazebo. It is a beautiful place for a walk, a picnic, a ceremony or just photography for a special occasion.

I went there under the impression that the trails were hard packed gravel and they weren't. They were loose, rocky, and I think I single handledly gave my 15 month old son Traumatic Brain Injury down some of those trails from how rocky the terrain was (I didn't really, but I was trying to give an idea as to how very rocky it actually is). I went on a dreary, drizzly day, so there wasn't many people and it was cooler outside. The quiet was nice, but the trails were too close to the noisy, main road for me. I would have loved to have felt the forest setting I was seeing all around me without all the noise from just about 200 feet to my right. There were lots of native plants and flowers to take in and there were quite a few birds out. The park is dog friendly, but people seemed to take this as quite literally, as everyone seemed to just allow their dogs to roam free. While I don't really care, I do want to not have a dog come up to me while I'm walking my child around; you know, just in case. I find it quite disrespectful, as I don't think anyone would like if I kneed their dog if it jumped on me.

There was a river type thing, but I think it was some kind of sewer system drainage river co-op? I don't know exactly, but it wasn't serene and it kind of was smelly.

Overall, I thought the park was nice. But it wasn't my type and I...

Nice wide gravel walk ways with meandering paths that dead end at the river. This park is great for dogs and launching or retrieving small boats or kayaks. For running it's a bit short, so a couple of laps might be in order to get a decent workout. There is plenty of wildlife here including various birds, rabbits, chickmonks and squirls. However, this park is right next to an open air water treatment facility which means it does smell bad, especially towards the northern end of the park. The air isn't dangerous or even offensive (unless you are very sensitive to smell) but the presence of sewage is noticable. You might want to...

I love this place and spend every Saturday here, it has a cool looking playground for the kiddos, a launch area for kayaks and canoes, beautiful walking trails complete with hidden gems (like the viewing area on the water) and strategically placed benches, plenty of parking and picnic tables and naturally beautiful with the pond and gorgeous stream flowing under a wooden covered bridge (great for photo ops) on one side and the chattahoochee river on the other. Scores of wildlife and birds of all species if birdwatching's your hobby. And so many diverse and wonderful options for...