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BECOME A MEMBER TODAY!

For as little as $5 a month, you can join the community that supports the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area and its 15 park units along 48 miles of the Chattahoochee. We depend on our members and donors to help us support the many unfunded needs of the CRNRA: environmental education, trail maintenance and restoration, facility improvements, water trail enhancements and more.  

announcing our first ever executive director!

Tourism to Crnra contributes over $176 million to local economy

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 3,537,848 visitors to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in 2022 spent $176,660,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,372 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the  local economy of $259,566,000.

trailheads swag has arrived!

The TrailHeads, a hiking group of six friends, love the CRNRA and to show their support have created a line of limited edition Hike the Hooch tees that they are making available to the public. All of the clothing has the CNPC logo on the sleeve and all  proceeds are donated to CNPC to help support park initiatives. The designs are sure to boost your hiking experience while sharing your appreciation of our local National Park. Use the below link to purchase your own Hike the Hooch shirt and to learn more about our TrailHead friends.

TRAILHEADS SHOP

TAKE THE HIKECRNRA CHALLENGE AND HIKE ALL 66 MILES OF TRAILS

HikeCRNRA encourages participants to hike all 66 official miles of trails in the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Individuals who complete the challenge will receive an annual membership to Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy and will receive a HikeCRNRA patch. We hope you accept the HikeCRNRA challenge to visit all CRNRA park units and explore all that every trail has to offer.Learn more here.

Providing for our local national park is our passion!

Chattahoochee National Park Conservancy (CNPC) is the official friends group for the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, a series of fifteen park units along 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta. Our mission is to build a community of support for the CRNRA and promote stewardship of its natural and cultural resources. 

DISCOVER YOUR RIVER. YOUR PARK.

The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is part of the National Park System and is made up of 15 park units along 48 miles of the Chattahoochee River. This stretch of the Chattahoochee River is a National Water Trail and is part of the national park. The park is made up of 7,000 acres of land and river and has 66 miles of hiking trails. 

View a map of the park and links to trail maps for each unit using the below link. 

EXPLORE THE CRNRA

WATER SAFETY 

Since 2012, over 15 drowning-related fatalities at Diving Rock in the Palisades unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, with the majority of the victims being young African American males who were not wearing personal flotation devices (PFD's). In response, the park has collaborated with WABE and the YMCA of Metro Atlanta  to develop a public awareness campaign that emphasizes wearing PFDs.

Click here to learn more about recreating safely on the Chattahoochee River. 

CNPC spotlight

Oral History of the CRNRA! 

CNPC supporter Dyna Kohler and her late husband John organized and funded a project to document the creation of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area through an oral history video.  You can view a seven-minute of the video using the below link.  

VIEW VIDEO

Lead the Pack! Bag and Bin It! 

Thirty-seven new dog waste bins installed in the CRNRA include free waste bags and disposal bins to encourage visitors to properly dispose of their dog’s waste at the park! Learn more here.

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