Merritt Park

Merritt Park is a park in Cobb, Georgia which is located on Wallace Road Northeast. Merritt Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Brentwood Park, as well as near Stonegate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Six Flags White Water and Big Chicken.

Six Flags White Water

Water park

Photo: Druidhills, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Six Flags White Water is a 69-acre water park located northwest of Atlanta, in East Cobb, Georgia. Originally opening in 1984 as White Water Atlanta, the park became part of the Six Flags family of parks in 1999.

Big Chicken

Fast food restaurant

Photo: Wizardkiss, Public domain.

The Big Chicken is a KFC restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, which features a 56-foot-tall steel-sided structure designed in the appearance of a chicken rising up from the top of the building.

Strand Theatre

Theater building

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The Strand Theatre is a multi-use performing arts and film center in Marietta, Georgia, United States. Originally built in 1935 by the Manning-Winks Theatre Company as an art deco movie palace, it is currently the home of the Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre, a nonprofit arts organization specializing in live theatre, classic movies, concerts, comedy, and other special events. Strand Theatre is situated 2 miles west of Merritt Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elizabeth and Marietta.

Elizabeth

Suburb

Photo: Faolin42, CC BY 4.0.

Elizabeth was an incorporated municipality in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, that existed de jure from 1885 to 1995. Originally incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on October 5, 1885, as the town of Elizabeth, it never began functioning as a municipality; in particular, no historical evidence exists that the town held any elections for mayor and the city council. Elizabeth is situated 2 miles northwest of Merritt Park.

Marietta

Photo: HowardSF, Public domain.

Marietta is a city of 61,000 people in Metro Atlanta. It is the fourth largest city in the state. Dobbins Air Reserve Base on the south side of town and a Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant are among the major industries in the city.

Northwest Marietta Historic District

Quarter

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The Northwest Marietta Historic District is a 230-acre historic district in Marietta, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Northwest Marietta Historic District is situated 2½ miles west of Merritt Park.

Merritt Park

Type: Park
Address: 501 Wallace Road Northeast, Marietta, GA 30062
Category: recreation area
Location: Cobb, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.96406° or 33° 57′ 51″ north

Longitude

-84.51563° or 84° 30′ 56″ west

Elevation

981 feet (299 metres)

Operator

Marietta Parks & Recreation

Open location code

865QXF7M+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 34775669

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4208968

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