Are there any members here from Georgia?? I am located in "Jimmy Carter Country"...an hour from Macon, Columbus, Albany, Warner Robins...2 1/2 hours south of Atlanta...Just wondering if there was anyone out there close...

I live in Ellaville....work and go to college in Americus (Georgia Southwestern)

I was in Macon Ga today.  Had I known that this area was there, I would have done a drive by and checked it out.  I didn't even think about doing a Dog Park search last night, but I read a couple reviews that say there is a pavillion here and water fountain for both dogs and humans. 

www.macondogpark.org/

Any of you Georgians know anything about this place?  Any body interested in a meet up? 

I myself would want to wait until the fall of the year, but if some of the rest are interested, I'll try to make it.  Saturdays would work best for me.

I think it would be fun to get together here in Georgia...for the most part...Macon sounds like its center of the "majority" of those that replied...except St. Marys. I agree..cooler weather will be better. Late September or November. We'll just have to see...sounds fun though!! I actually talked to my step-mom the other day about it...but it would be wonderful to take the dogs to the GA mountains and stay in a cabin for a weekend. I would enjoy meeting you guys and all the pretty Rats you have!

so...has anyone looked anymore into meeting up somewhere (I would say late September or October)

Hi fellow Georgians! I'd love to do a meetup, too. I'm in Acworth, GA, north of Marietta. Mimzy's Mom, I go to Red Top quite often with our dogs; we only live a few miles from there.

Mary Beth, do you know any of the park service (Cumberland Island) folks that work there at St. Mary's? I traveled there quite often when I worked for the park service (my Master's thesis was all about land use history on Cumberland Island.)

I'm about 2 hours north of Macon (Canton).  I would love to meet somewhere.  October would be a good time because it wouldn't be as hot.   Sounds like fun!  The mountains are really pretty here in October.   Maybe us people in the northern part could meet sometime before then.  Fun!!

Ok, the park looked pretty good.  There is a separate area for smaller dogs and it is a good sized place, but there are no benches and not much shade. 

Here's the entrance and the next picture is the small dog area. The pavillion that you see is on the other side of the fence in the large dog area. Next photos are of the large dog area. There was not a soul in the park this morning when we went. While we were there, a K-9 police officer came by and let his dog run loose for a little while. He told me that the park was used alot and that he brought his own dogs to the park, not just his partner. The park was pretty clean. There was a few soda bottle lying around, but you'd see that in any park. I saw no standing poop, so people are obviously cleaning up after themselves. However, I noticed that Macon's finest(police officer) did not clean up after his dog. Shame on him! There is adequate parking for about 10 vehicles outside the fence. But if we gather on the small dog side, we would need to bring our own seating and shade. It might also be muddy, more so on the big dog side, if there has been recent rain. The small dog side seemed to be a little bit higher elevated and better grassed. So, is anyone interested? Maybe the first weekend in October?