Pope Cross Country

 

 

3001 Hembree Road
Marietta, GA 30062
ph: 770-578-7900
fax: 770-578-7902

directions

 

Acworth, Georgia - Cobb County Corp Property

From Highway 41 (North Marietta Parkway)

Turn LEFT onto Mars Hill Road

Turn RIGHT onto County Line Road (after passing Frey Elementary)

Turn RIGHT onto Old Stilesboro Road – Course is a ¼ mile on the RIGHT

From Highway 120 (Dallas Highway)

Turn RIGHT onto Mars Hill Road

Turn LEFT onto County Line Road (after Brookstone subdivision)

Turn RIGHT onto Old STilesboro Road – Course is a ¼ mile on the RIGHT

Al Bishop Park
Aproximately 18 miles from Pope HS
Option 1:  Take Hwy 120 (Upper Roswell Road) West to 120 Loop.  Left on South 120 Loop.  Follow 120 Loop to Powder Springs Road (past Civic Center, across train tracks, etc.).  Left on Powder Springs Road.  Continue on Powder Springs Road for approximately 4-5 miles.  Left on Callaway Road/Cheatham Hill Road (Kolb Farm Historical Site on left).  Left on County Farm Road (Al Bishop Sports Complex/Jim Miller Park).  Course is on the left.

 

Option 2:  Take Post Oak Tritt West to Sandy Plains Road.  Left on Sandy Plains Road.  Follow Sandy Plains Road to the Canton Road Connector, across the RR tracks and past Target.  Left on Canton Road Connector.  Follow Canton Road Connector crossing I-75, Hwy 41, passing Kennesaw Hospital and becoming Church Street until the North 120 Loop.  Right on 120 Loop.  Follow 120 Loop as it becomes Powder Springs Road.  Left on Callaway Road/Cheatham Hill Road (Kolb Farm Historical Site on left).  Left on County Farm Road (Al Bishop Sports Complex/Jim Miller Park).  Course is on the left.
 

Athens Golf Course- UGA Course

75 miles from Pope HS

Take Hembree Road to Lassiter Road

Turn right at Lassiter Rd NE

Turn right at Johnson Ferry Rd NE

Turn right at Riverside Dr NW Turn left to merge onto I-285 E

Take exit 33B to merge onto I-85 N toward Greenville

Slight right at GA-316 E (signs for Lawrencville/GA-316 E/Athens)

Take the GA-10-LOOP N ramp

Merge onto Athens Perimeter Hwy/US-29 N/US-78 E

Take exit 6 for GA-15-ALT N/Milledge Ave toward Whitehall Rd

Turn right at S Milledge Ave

Turn left at Riverbend Rd

 

 

Berry College
60 miles from Pope HS

From Atlanta take I-75 North to Exit 290 (GA-20), towards Rome/Canton. Exit, turn left onto GA-20 West.  Follow GA-20 past Wal-Mart to next traffic light. Turn left and take first right (a ramp). Follow to US411S/GA20W, exit and go approximately 16 miles to East Rome Bypass/GA1-loop. Turn right and follow to US27. Turn right on US27, follow signs to main entrance of Berry College and turn left. Allow about 1 3/4 hours driving time from Atlanta.

 

Boling Park
30 miles from Pope HS
Take I-75 North to I-575 North.  Exit at Exit 16 and bear to your left at the split in the ramp and proceed to the traffic light at GA highway 5 (you will "T" into Hwy 5). Turn right, go across the river and take an immediate left onto Boling Park. Go to the end of the drive, past soccer and baseball fields. The course will be immediately across the creek.
 

Boundary Waters Complex, Douglas County, Georgia

 

 

Address: 5000 Georgia Hwy 92 North/166 East

Douglasville, GA 30135

 

The park is in Southeast Douglas County, near the intersection of Highways 92 and 166, and borders the Chattahoochee River which serves as the Douglas and Fulton County dividing line.

  Carrollton, GA (75+ miles from Pope)
Take I-20 West to exit 24 (Carrollton-Villa Rica Highway 61 Exit). Turn left at the light and go approx. 11 miles on Highway 61. You will enter Carrollton city limits (directly past Ryan's Steak House). Merge left. Turn left onto the Carrollton bypass (if you pass McDonalds, you've gone too far). Stay on the bypass until the third red light. Turn right at the light (just past Target) onto Ben Scott Blvd. The meet is at Carrollton Elementary School on your left.  

Clinton Nature Preserve

Take I-285 West to I-20 West to exit 30 (Post Road). Turn left on Post Road and go to the first road on the right (Ephesus Church Road).  Turn right on Ephesus and go 2-3 miles and you will see Clinton Nature Preserve on your right. 
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Dellinger Park (Cass Cartersville Invitational)
For Mapquest or Yahoo! Maps, the closest address is the Cartersville Middle School, 825 Douthit Ferry Road, Cartersville, GA  30120

QUICKEST:   I-75 North to exit 283 (Emerson-Old Allatoona Rd),  at end of ramp turn left and pass under I-75 and continue about 3/4 mile then immediately after passing under Hwy 41 turn left on to Old Alabama Rd, head west on Old Alabama Rd. four miles to Douthit Ferry Rd (if you pass the high school you went too far), turn right on Douthit Ferry Rd and head north 1.3 miles past Cartersville Middle School to Pine Grove Road, turn right on Pine Grove and Dellinger Park entrance is just up the street on the right.

ALTERNATE: I-75 North to Exit 288, GA Highway 113, Cartersville Main Street.  Turn left at the top of the exit ramp and follow Hwy 113 into downtown Cartersville, crossing US 41 along the way.  Follow the signs for Etowah Indian Mounds through downtown Cartersville.  Just on the other side of town, bear left onto Etowah (GA 61 and GA 113)
GA 61 and GA 113 will peel off to the right, but you continue straight on Etowah until you come to Cartersville Elementary and Middle Schools.
After schools, bear right (Follow the Dellinger Park sign).  Dellinger Park will be on the left, less than a mile past the schools. 

Park in the lot near the football fields.
 

Fleet Feet Sports
Fleet Feet Sports is off of Johnson Ferry Road in Sandy Springs across from Target.  Take Johnson Ferry south across the river (into Fulton county), and past Abernathy.  Cross Sandy Springs Circle and Fleet Feet is on the left (next to Brewsters). The phone number of Fleet Feet is 404 255 3338.  Don't forget to mention Pope for your 10% discount.
 

Gainesville Community College - Gainesville, GA
Take I-85 North to 985 North. Take Exit 16 (Oakwood exit). Exit left and go about 2/3 mile. On the right, take the 2nd entrance to Gainesville College. The parking lot is on the left past the gym.

 

Georgia International Horse Park - Conyers, Georgia

Approx.  54.6 mi  from Pope– about 1 hour 17 mins

Take Hembree Road to Post Oak Tritt

Right on Post Oak Tritt

Left on Holly Springs Road

Right on Sewell Mill Road

Left on GA-120 Loop East to I-75 South towards Atlanta

Take Exit 247 for I-20E/I-20W Augusta/Birmingham/Ralph D Abernathy Fwy

Keep left at the fork and take I-20E

Take Exit 82 for Ga-20/GA-18 towards Conyers/Monroe

Turn left for GA-138/GA-138SE/GA 20/Stockbridge Hwy (signs for GA-20N/GA-138E)

Continue to follow GA-20N/GA-138E

Turn Right at Centennial Olympic Parkway NE

Go approx. 2 miles and course is on right.

 

 

 

 

 

Lagrange 1:45 from Pope High school
Travel south on I 85 to the first LaGrange exit, #18, Hwy 109. Go right onto Lafayette Pkwy/Hwy 109. Travel West on 109 all the Way to Pyne Rd Park. You will pass a round Catholic Church on the left when crossing Hwy 27/219. At this junction the road name will change from Lafayette Pkwy to Vernon Rd. After you pass the hospital on the left you will make a right turn onto Roanoke Rd. also called Hwy 109 (Burger King on the left). Look for Pyne Rd Park on the left. Do not turn onto Pyne Rd or Old Pyne Rd. Travel time from the exit off I 85 is 20 minutes.
 

Marist
Georgia 400 South to I-285 East.  I-285 to first exit, Ashford-Dunwoody.  Right on Ashford-Dunwoody (don't get in far right lane on exit, use the near right lane).  Marist Academy is about 1.25 miles on the right, just after crossing Nancy Creek Drive.
 

McIntosh Nature Preserve
~60 miles from Pope HS
Take either GA 400 or I-75 South to I-285
Take I-285 West toward Six Flags
Take I-20 West toward Birmingham to exit 34 (Hwy 5).
Go south on Hwy 5 toward Whitesburg.
**Note:  Whitesburg is a known speed trap**
Stay on Hwy 5 for approximately 25 miles after leaving I-20.
You will cross Hwy 166 and Hwy 27. McIntosh is approximately 2 miles on your left once you pass Hwy 27. You will see signs directing you where to turn and where to park.

 


Nash Farms  Hampton, Georgia

 

Nash Farm Battlefield

4361 Jonesboro Road, Hampton, GA 30228

 

Head southwest on Hembree Rd NE toward Liberty Ridge Trail NE

Turn right at Post Oak Tritt Rd NE

Turn left at Holly Springs Rd NE

Turn right at Sewell Mill Rd NE

Turn left onto the GA-120-LOOP E ramp

Merge onto GA-120-LOOP W/S Marietta Pkwy SE

Turn left to merge onto I-75 S toward Atlanta

Take exit 221 for Jonesboro Rd toward Lovejoy

Turn right at Jonesboro Rd

 

 

 

 

 

 

River Green Complex, Duluth, Georgia

 

River Green Parkway is located off

Peachtree Industrial Boulevard between

Pleasant Hill and Abbotts Bridge (120).

 

Head northeast on Hembree Rd NE toward

Meadow Dr NE

Turn left at N Hembree Rd NE

Turn right at Shallowford Rd NE

Continue on Pine Grove Rd

Continue on Oak St

Continue on Alpharetta St

Turn right at Holcomb Bridge Rd

Merge onto GA-400 N/US-19 N via the ramp to Dahlonega

Take exit 10 to merge onto GA-120 E/Old Milton Pkwy

Continue to follow GA-120 E

Turn left at Kimball Bridge Rd

Slight right to stay on Kimball Bridge Rd

Continue on Abbotts Bridge Rd

Turn right at Peachtree Industrial Blvd NW

Turn right at River Green Pkwy/River Green Pkwy NW

 

Directions from I-75 S to I-285E to I-85N

From I-85 North exit Pleasant Hill Road.

Turn left go several miles (past the New Duluth Hospital )

and turn right on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

(There is a Kroger and McDonalds across the intersection).

On Peachtree Industrial Boulevard , turn left at the second

light ( River Green Parkway ). The Cross Country course is

down on the right.

 

 

 

Westminster
Take 1-85 South into Atlanta. Exit at I-75 North (Exit #85) to Marietta/Chattanooga. Exit at 255 West Paces Ferry Road. Turn left onto Northside Parkway and go to the first light and turn left onto West Paces Ferry Road. Westminster is over the bridge on the left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Horse Creek Park
I-75 to Exit 263 South Marietta Parkway (or take 120 West to South Marietta Parkway and cross I-75)
Go West toward Southern Polytechnic state University.
Go Under the Railroad tracks and turn left onto Powder Springs Street (CVS on opposite corner).
Follow Powder Springs Street approx 7 miles to West Cobb Parkway and Turn Right.
Turn Left on Macedonia Road for approx 1.5 miles and Park will be on your right.

3001 Hembree Road
Marietta, GA 30062
ph: 770-578-7900
fax: 770-578-7902