Perkerson Park

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Public Art at the entrance of Perkerson Park

Perkerson Park is a 50-acre (200,000 m²) park in the Capitol View/Sylvan Hills neighborhoods of Atlanta, Georgia.

Originally, the park was the family farm of the Perkerson family. In the 1950s, they donated their land to the City of Atlanta, and the land was turned into a park.

Perkerson Park is both an active and a passive park. Amenities include a relatively new playground, Sprayground area, a recreation center, tennis courts, basketball courts, ballfields, and a pavilion. However, it also has open fields, a sizeable creek, and a small tract of woods. This area of the park is a good area to relax and escape from the activity of the rest of the park.

In May 2012, the splash pad opened in Perkerson Park. Thanks to joint efforts from Councilmember Joyce Sheperd, the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs, and the Atlanta BeltLine, neighborhood children now have a fun place to cool off on hot summer days. The splashpad is open daily, 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., from May 1 through October 1.

Perkerson Park is the site of the only permanent public disc golf course in the city of Atlanta.

- Holes: 18

- Target Type: Gateway Titan

- Tee Type: Other

- Elevation: 50/50 Flat/Hills

- Foliage: Average

- Course Length: 6,285ft

- Alternate Length: 6,285ft

- Course Designer: John Ritger

- Hole Length: Under 300ft: 5 | 300 - 400ft: 10 | Over 400ft: 3

v t e Parks and trails in Atlanta

Regional parks	Centennial Olympic Park Chastain Park Freedom Park Grant Park Piedmont Park Southside Park Westside Park Woodruff Park

Community parks	Adams Park Atlanta Memorial Park Ben Hill Park Bessie Branham Park Candler Park Central Park Georgia International Plaza Goldsboro Park Historic Fourth Ward Park Hurt Park John A. White Park John Howell Memorial Park Maddox Park New Highland Park Orme Park Perkerson Park Renaissance Park South Bend Park Tanyard Creek Park Wesley Coan Park

Nature preserves	Cascade Springs Nature Preserve Fernbank Forest Morningside Nature Preserve

Parkways	Lanier Boulevard Parkway

Trails	BeltLine PATH trails

Former	Mims Park

City of Atlanta Office of Parks

Coordinates: 33°42′51″N 84°24′47″W / 33.714249°N 84.412933°W / 33.714249; -84.412933

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