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 Sandy Springs Welcome Center
5920 Roswell Rd., Suite A-118
 Heritage Green
Boasting a historic home and gardens. The Williams- Payne House is an 1869 “plainstyle” farmhouse. Park and Garden Room available for special occasion rentals. 6110 Bluestone Rd., 404-851-9111
 The John Ripley Forbes Big Trees Forest
Big Trees Forest is a beautiful and unique, 30-acre Fulton County and Sandy Springs Forest Preserve. It is designed and managed as a relaxing visual, mental and spiritual oasis in a protected tree, plant and wildlife sanctuary. The seemingly remote, semiwilderness experience offers passive nature walks along 11⁄2 miles of walking trails. 7645 Roswell Rd., 770-673-0111
 Chattahoochee River
Three National Park Sites offer a chance to get in touch with the great outdoors. Wildlife viewing sites, primitive boating launch ramps, hiking, picnicking and fishing. 678-538-1200
Town Turtles
These whimsically painted and themed turtles designed by local artist, Jack Elrod, are 56 inches tall by 49 inches wide and are on many Sandy Springs street corners and around local shopping areas throughout the city. See a map of turtle locations online at visitsandysprings.org or pick one up at the Welcome Center 1-866-511-7742
 Abernathy Arts Center
The Abernathy Arts Center is the area’s oldest neighborhood arts center and is located at the corner of Abernathy and Johnson Ferry Roads. 254 Johnson Ferry Rd., 404-303-6172
 Anne Frank Exhibit
Anne Frank in the World: 1929 – 1945. More than 600 photographs chronicling Frank’s life from 1920’s Germany to her exile, hiding in Amsterdam, all the way to her death in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. 5920 Roswell Rd., Suite A-209, 770-206-1447
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