Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park is an urban park in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The place covers 189 acres with maintained lawns, a lake, playgrounds, tennis courts, and a public swimming pool.

The site served in 1895 as the grounds for the Cotton States and International Exposition, a large world's fair that drew nearly 800,000 visitors. After the exposition closed, the area was converted into a public park and expanded gradually over the following decades.

The place takes its name from the southern Appalachian landscape and is used daily by city residents for sports, walking, and picnicking. On weekends the large lawn fills with families, dogs, and groups sitting on blankets or playing frisbee.

Paths run from the northern entrance on 14th Street to the southern edge near Monroe Drive, and you can walk through the place in about 30 minutes. Drinking fountains, restrooms, and shaded areas are distributed throughout to support longer stays.

In the northeastern section there is a rock garden with native plants from the region that is often overlooked. Next to it a narrow path leads directly to the adjacent botanical garden without additional entrance gates.