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Recreation

Youth Football

Parks & Recreation a state-of-the-art public tennis complex
that has 17 hard courts with lighting, a pro
Around Every Corner in Clayton shop with tennis clothing and accessories,
restrooms with showers and lockers, and

Residents of Clayton County enjoy acres of green space and designated offers year-round public play and lessons to
the community for all ages.
city and county parks. To encourage Clayton County residents
to improve their physical fitness while
eam sports, fitness and enrichment offers adult aqua aerobic classes and youth also enjoying the county’s many natural
classes are available through swimming lessons and hosts competitive
the Clayton County Parks and swim and dive team meets. The Virginia
Recreation Department, the Burton Gray Recreation Center and the
T City of College Park Recreation Carl Rhodenizer Recreation Center provide
Department, Forest Park’s Department of numerous services that range from fitness
Recreation and Leisure Services and the City classes to special programs and events. The
of Riverdale Recreation Department, and J. Charley Griswell Senior Adult Center has
through many private facilities, while the City a 25-yard heated indoor swimming pool
of Morrow has a network of neighborhood with wheelchair lift and easy-entry steps,
parks that local families enjoy. a billiards room, library, and a full-service
Clayton County’s Gerald Matthews Sports kitchen that serves breakfast and lunch daily.
Complex in Lovejoy features walking trails, Clayton County boasts more than 50
picnic areas, tennis courts, ball fields and a wooded parks, providing acres of recreational
playground. The Steve Lundquist Natatorium space for hiking, fishing, and wildlife watching.
Jesters Creek Trail, constructed by the Clayton
County Greenways Council, is the first step in amenities, the Clayton County Board of
a comprehensive plan to provide biking and Health and the Clayton County Department
walking trails across the county. of Parks and Recreation have been
While the ongoing renovations to collaborating on a fitness initiative – Get Fit
International Park mean the temporary Clayton. The objective of Get Fit Clayton is
closure of many amenities, residents know to enhance and refurbish the fitness trails in
it will be worth the wait. When the park four Clayton County parks: Clayton County
reopens in 2021, it will offer a water park with International Park (The Beach), Gerald
a lazy river and water slides, an amphitheater, Matthews Park, Independence Park, and Rex
a high rope course, and much more. The Park. The upgrades include better lighting
fishing lakes and bike trails are open for and landscaping on the trails, as well as new
year-round family amusement. Site of the mile markers and signs every one-half mile
Lee Street Park 1996 Olympic beach volleyball competition, to better inform walkers and runners how
The Beach at International Park includes far they have traveled. The goal is that more

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