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Atlanta State Park
Atlanta State Park - Open Year Round
Address: Atlanta State Park, 927 Park Rd 42, Atlanta, Texas 75551
Total Acreage of Atlanta State Park: 1,475 acres
Interesting Facts for Atlanta State Park: Once home to the Caddo Indians who farmed the area as a way of life.
Activities at Atlanta State Park include: camping, hiking - including primitive backpacking, exploration of nature trails (includes a five mile hiking trail), picnicking, fishing, boating, water skiing, swimming (unsupervised), bird watching, and star gazing. Canoes and kayaks are available for rent. Atlanta State Park is an ideal spot for water sports and bird watching.
Bird species at Atlanta State Park include: Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose, Ross’s Goose, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Wigeon, American Black Duck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Wild Turkey, Northern Bobwhite, Pacific Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Eared Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Neotropic Cormorant, Anhinga, Magnificent Frigatebird, American Bittern, Least Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great
Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White Ibis, White-faced Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Stork, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Swallow-tailed Kite, Mississippi Kite, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Swainson’s Hawk, Rough-legged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Common Moorhen, American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, American Golden-Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Greater Yellowlegs, Lessor Yellowlegs, Solitary Sandpiper, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Sanderling, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Dunlin, Stilt Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe, American Woodcock, Wilson’s Phalarope, Laughing Gull, Franklin's Gull, Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Forster's Tern, Least Tern, Black Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Inca Dove, Common Ground Dove, Black Billed Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Greater Roadrunner, Groove-billed Ani, Barn Owl, Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Common Nighthawk, Chuck-will’s-widow, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckr, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-cockaded Woodpecker, Northern Flicker (yellow & red-shafted), Pileated Woodpecker, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-pewee, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Loggerhead Shrike, White-eyed Vireo, Bell’s Vireo, Blue-headed Vireo, Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Philadelphia Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Purple Martin, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Carolina Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red, White & Brown-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Rock Wren, Carolina Wren, Bewick's Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, Sedge Wren, Golden & Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Eastern Bluebird, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, European Starling, American Pipit, Sprague’s Pipit, Cedar Waxwing, Tennessee Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Swainson’s Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Kentucky Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Summer Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Bachman's Sparrow, American Tree Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Lark Bunting, Lark Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Grasshopper Sparrow, Henslow’s Sparrow, Le Conte’s Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Harris’s Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Chestnut-collared Longspur, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Blue Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Painted Bunting, Dickcissel, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Brewer’s Blackbird, Common Grackle, Great-tailed Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, House Finch, Red Crossbill, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Evening Grosbeak, House Sparrow.
Fish species at Atlanta State Park include: largemouth bass, white bass, crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, sunfish and perch. Always be sure that your fishing license is up to date. From time-to-time the Texas State Parks do allow fishing without a license so be sure to check before heading out if your fishing license isn't current.
Climate & Temperatures at Atlanta State Park: During the warmer months expect high humidity in which the heat index often exceeds the actual temperature. Expect 100 degree days during the summer months. Winter months tend to be very mild with an average low of about 32 degrees. It's not unusual for some areas of Texas to experience rapid shifts in temperatures, so always check the currently weather conditions before heading out. If you aren't used to hotter climates, you're apt to feel much hotter until your body adapts so take extra precautions:
- - don't extend yourself
- - if hiking, begin with the shorter hiking routes
- - never trek into an area without water and a source of energy food
- - dress accordingly and be sure to smatter on the sunscreen
Facilities at Atlanta State Park include: Texas Park Store, campsites (primitive and developed which will suit the needs of the basic to the most advanced camper), outfitted yurts, picnic tables, grills, restrooms, showers, playground with swings, slides, volleyball sand pit, horseshoe pits, basketball courts, canoe and kayak rental, amphitheater (accommodates 50 guests), and a covered fish cleaning station.
Directions to Atlanta State Park: The park is located 11 miles west of the city of Atlanta. Take US Highway 59 to FM 96 driving west for about 9 miles to FM 1154 which dead-ends at the park.
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