Suwanee Creek Park

One of my favorite parts of Gwinnett is their dedication to the parks. Having traveled around the country I still find that way the parks were designed and have grown through the years are truly remarkable. The trails built in Suwanee are a dream come true and if you are in the area and have not checked it out I recommend you do!
This park is connected to the Suwanee Town Center the George Pierce Park, which is equipped with playgrounds, hiking and recreational fields and courts for baseball, soccer and basketball.
The combination of wood bridges, paved and gravel paths is really nice and the wildlife areas give a different feeling in various areas of the trail. I am personally a big fan of this trail and recommend to anyone on a bike or foot.

My grandma recently came from Korea and she wanted to go somewhere to exercise. I brought her here and she loved it!
Suwanee Creek Park is connected to Suwanee Town Center and it is also connected to George Pierce park. If you want to finish the whole course, make sure you are free for at least 2 hours or so.
The scenery is amazing and the walk is amazing as well! During your walk you may encounter wild animals like deers, rabbits, and squirrels! My grandma and I were walking and literally 5 ft away from us was a baby deer with its mom or dad. It felt like a free deer zoo You also go under the Mcginnis Ferry road, which is pretty cool. (I should have taken my phone with me to take pictures…)
If you love nature and love to walk, this place is probably the best place to go! I am definitely coming back with my girlfriend!

So when is getting lost cool? When it’s a pretty day and you’re at Suwanee Creek Park. I came here expecting to have a quick 1 mile walk around noon and ended up lost on the greenway. See, Suwanee Creek park is one of a few parks connected along a really gorgeous greenway path, but i’ll get to that in a bit.
The thing that set Suwanee creek apart from other parks for me were the soft trails, that weren’t mandatory, but definitely gave you the feeling like you were on a nice hike.
The paved trails were also very clean, no trash to speak of, and surprisingly not crowded, although it was a Wednesday around 12pm. I will say the paved trail/​board walks are fairly flat most of the way, but the soft trails have a few nice hills. Both trails allow plenty of space for bikers also.
The creek part of the name is evident as you see the water flowing alongside you, and it’s really cool to see wetlands a golf disc throw away from the trails. So pretty.
Just a note on the soft paths… i’d never heard of disc golf, but you’ll notice yellow disc stations and «caution: flying disc» signs scattered about, that you should heed if you’re on the soft trails.
Suwanee Creek Park is on the southern end of the Suwanee Creek Greenway, which stretches about 4 miles from Suwanee Creek to George Pierce. Remember that 1 mile I thought I was going to walk? I ended up 2.5 miles in before I realized the trail wasn’t looping back on itself, so unless you want to walk a few miles (nothing wrong with that), bring a friend and drop one car off at the other park! Restrooms are available at both ends of the greenway, although I don’t remember seeing one at the midpoint park (Martin Farm), so plan accordingly!
The trail goes under, then alongside McGinnis Ferry for a bit, which can be a little worrisome if there are speeders about, but it’s only for a short walk, and there’s a nice wide sidewalk that separates you from the cars.
All in all, I can’t find much wrong with this park. Very bicycle, pet and pedestrian friendly in a clean environment, complete with Disc golf!
Do stop in if you’re in the area

As I set off this morning to check out Suwanee Park, I was convinced this was a first-​time visit for me. Not so, as I became aware as I turned into the parking area. Memories are fallible. I had been here at least twice before, years ago.
Suwanee is a suburban park devoted to casual walking and runners. There are very few unpaved hiking trails. However, what there is of that is interesting and enjoyable.
The map of the park suggests there is but one ‘soft trail’. However, along with a web of short trails connecting the disc golf ‘holes’, there is at least one longer trail not shown on the map. It runs from an unmarked northern trailhead just at the border of Suwanee park, along the creek and then, eventually, meets up with the only partially mapped soft trail running between the two parking areas.
I say ‘eventually’ because I lost the trail somewhere deep in the heart of the swamp and had to bushwack my way back to civilization, at one point crossing a small creek using a rotted, shaky fallen tree. All good fun. It’s not like you can get lost in this park and it would have been easier had it not rained the previous day, making creek crossing somewhat dicey.
Even the marked soft trail is incompletely shown on the map.
Were it not for that experience, I would have marked Suwanee as rating only two stars. For me, there just isn’t much interest in walking on wide asphalt and concrete paths. But the potential for creekside trail exploration provides an additional star. Still, if you like to run, this may be your ticket, particularly since the paved path connects to two other local parks. You can run a long way.

Excellent park!!! Great for bikes, walkers and jiggers! The park is nature at its best, filled with with trees, streams, board walks and wildlife every! Just be careful of the deer, they pop out often!

Great paved and soft ground trails :)
Would be awesome if the water fountain in front of the restroom worked.

If you like walking alongside a busy road and industrial buildings on a trail littered with plots dug up for natural gas lines, have I got a park for you!!!

I love this trail, it’s beautiful to walk, run or bike on. The view of all the trees and streams really keep your mind off the running. The trail is either paved or decked (no dirt) the entire way. You can track your progress with the mile marker located along the trail. I use the McGinnis Ferry between Buford Hwy and Satellite Blvd on McGinnis Ferry. There is a parking lot there for the trail, watch out it does get busy if there is something going on at the athletic center near by and tends to spill into the trail parking. There is a map there that shows you the trail path and mileage. I tend to use the flat trail which is about 5 miles, there is also a pretty hilly path to the left. There are restrooms available on the trails but, you can always just use the woods :). Never really see it crowded, there is plenty of room so you won’t feel like you are running next to someone. Great place to try out to break the boring gym pattern for excersize.
Parking can be problematic if something is going on, so have an alternative place to park. there are other places along the trail, so be ready to move to it. This is the only down side

this is just such a nice park. there are several small parking areas along the greenbelt so you can just hop on/​hop off for short walks if you want to see different areas of the park, or park near the beginning/​end and do the whole trail.
it goes for miles and miles. don’t let the «end» fool you… you can keep walking through the undeveloped portion of trails as well. this pathway is a delightful mix of concrete, asphalt, and raised wooden pathways over the waterbogs, with a few options of soft pack trail.
there are pavillions, bathrooms, and a few water fountains. it’s open to cyclists and joggers. plenty of wildlife can be seen as you run/​walk/​bike through this gem in the suburbs.

I cannot tell you how much I love this park! Whenever I have free time and the weather is nice, I try to hit this park with my family. Recently, I’ve also been going with some friends that moved into the area. We take our dogs here for exercise.
There are the requisite covered picnic areas with the barbecue grills you see at all the parks but the real treasure is the beautifully maintained trail. There are always people walking/​biking/​running. The main trail is asphalt but they also have soft surface (dirt) trails in certain areas.
The section that we walk is about 1.75 miles and it takes us about 1 hr to do the roundtrip.

I really love this park. The bike/​walk trails are well maintained and you rarely see any litter laying around. It’s a great place to get a good jog or power walk session. The trail is peaceful with lots of friendly patrons also out there to break a sweat and get in a good workout. It’s a friendly park for dog walking as well.
If you live int the area or want a change of scenery, I highly recommend this Suwanee Greenway at this park.

I love this trail for a good Saturday bike ride with my kids or a long slow jog alone. The beauty of this path is that it’s never busy and there are so many access points, parking is never an issue. I suggest starting at the southern end (Suwanee Creek Park) area and riding up for a light lunch and Rita’s gellato at Suwanee Town Center. The round trip will be a very manageable distance for even novice kids (our party did it with one on training wheels) and the mid-​point snack stop is a nice break for the shorter legs. They are doing some maintenance on the greenway and it’s not marked at the parking areas where the path is closed so be aware. We started off 4 weeks ago only to get stopped at Martins Farm by construction… whaa, whaaaa. This week it was open to Town Center but our plan was to ride up to George Pierce Park and grill up a picnic lunch… rats, foiled again. The trail is closed at L’ville/Suwanee Rd and you can’t make it to the park without leaving the trail and taking some surface streets which we weren’t prepared to do with one on training wheels. When it’s all open and in repair, this is a tough track to beat for a family outting either on feet or wheels although I wouldn’t recommend skates, too many boardwalks for that. Oh, yea, don’t miss the picnic area on the creek side of the trail at Martins Farm tucked back in off the trail. It’s a great spot for a sack lunch and some pictures.
Sorry, to clarify why I’m a 3 not 4 star review is that they are not posting the trail closings at the parking areas… it would be very helpful to know when starting out exactly how far you’re going to make it.

They have since opened up the second half of the trail (well partly… I will get to that later). I would like to correct my last review and clarify that you do NOT have to cross McGinnis Ferry to continue on the greenway… you simply hang left, travel on the sidewalk for a little bit and you will find the entrance to the rest of the greenway on your left.
Once you pass the Martin Farms parking lot and travel another mile or two, you will come to a fork in the road. It is my understanding that taking the left path will take you on the rest of the greenway to the end, at Suwanee Creek Elementary. However, that portion is now closed. For how long, I do not know. Instead, you can take the right path, which takes you through a neighborhood and to Town Center Park.
To this day, I have not been able to travel the full length of the greenway due to the closures :(

I’m currently doing boot camp at this park and I’m not much of an outdoorsy person but I actually like this park. The trail that my instructor makes me run is very nice and shady which is great on a hot and humid day.

Good looking park with soft and hard trails. Hilly and wooded with a nice river running through it. Very peaceful. Connects to other Suwanee city parks, including the one further down the road in front of the Suwanee city hall.
Excellent for runners, bikers and dog walkers.

The Silver Comet Trail used to be my favorite place to ride until I found this park. My breath was totally taken away. It is beautiful, peaceful, and serene.
This park fell into my lap. I have been looking for a place to ride since I moved to Duluth. After friends kept telling me about it, I decided to check it out for myself. They love to run here. Well, I threw my bike in the back of my truck and made the short drive up Buford Highway. The park snuck up on me on the right side.
When you pull in, it seems like you’re driving down a long wooded driveway. You actually drive over a wooden bridge. Cute. The parking lots are small and covered in stones rather than pavement which is a nice environmental touch. Pulling into my parking spot, the «Nature Girl» in me couldn’t help but smile. The air was amazing and the trees are magnificent! At this point, I was totally impressed.
I took my bicycle out of the back of my truck and decided to ride. There are paved paths, similar to the silver comet trail, but in the creation of the greenway, they did not cut down nearly as many trees. Nature was practically touching you. In fact, if you didn’t duck sometimes, you might actually get hit by a branch.
The greenway path is several miles long and starts at Suwanee Creek Park and heads north under McGinnis Ferry Road and further. While taking in the earth, you enjoy paved paths, as well as wooden bridges. You’ll also hear birds, squirrels, and the creek that the path runs along. It is so beautiful!
This may be a long drive if you live in the city of Atlanta. If you live north, I highly recommend it. It’s a great escape!