Where Georgia Birding Begins

Green Meadows Preserve

The 112-acre park is located on the northwest corner of Dallas Highway and Old Hamilton Road, diagonally across from The Avenue West Cobb. Green Meadows Preserve offers quiet woodlands and meadows ideal for walking, picnics, kite flying, as well as exploring plants, birds, and flowers. 

Restrooms
Drinking Fountain or Potable Water
Trails
Picnic Area
Bluebirds at Green Meadows Preserve
Eastern Bluebirds at Green Meadows Preserve. © Rebecca Boyd
Handicapped Access: Yes: Parking, sidewalk, restrooms. Trails are a natural surface.

About This Site

Hours

Open year-round from sunrise to sunset.

Location

Cobb County
3780 Dallas Hwy, Marietta, GA 30064, Marietta, GA 30064
(770) 528-8829

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Green Meadows Preserve

Amenities

Amenity Available
Admission Fee
Lodging
Visitor or Nature Center
Restrooms
Drinking Fountain or Potable Water
Trails
Boardwalk
Camping
RV Hookups
Picnic Area
Kayaking or Canoeing

Features of the preserve include a historical garden around the Civil War Era house, Native American Garden with medicinal plants and herbs, a community garden with garden plots for lease to the public, and forty bluebird houses are featured along a 2.3 mile bluebird trail. Bluebird walks are hosted by the Friends of Green Meadows. Over two-hundred baby Eastern Bluebirds successfully fledged during the 2025 nesting season March through August! To date, the Bluebird Project at Green Meadows has successfully fledged several thousand Eastern Bluebirds.

More than 135 species of birds have been documented at Green Meadows Preserve.

Featured Birds

Brown Thrasher Brown Thrasher
Brown-headed Nuthatch Brown-headed Nuthatch
Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Meadowlark
Sandhill Crane Sandhill Crane

Common birds you may find at Green Meadows Preserve year-round include: Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, White-breasted and Brown-headed Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Chickadee, Killdeer, Eastern Phoebe, and Blue Jay.

Each winter, watch Sandhill Cranes fly overhead, Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers flitting around in the shrubbery or on the ground, and for sparrows as they feed on seeds.     

In the breeding season, the preserve is home to Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, White-eyed and Red-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Bunting, and Blue Grosbeak.

Learn more about this site at the Friends of Green Meadows Preserve website.

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