Westside Park

Westside Park is a proposed park in the City of Atlanta to be located on the site of the former Bellwood Quarry. The land, which had been owned by Fulton County, is currently in a long term lease to Vulcan Materials. On December 10, 2005, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin announced a plan to acquire the lease and the land in order to create a 351-acre (1.42 km2) park with a 45-acre (180,000 m2) lake which would also serve as a drinking water reservoir. The plan is a portion of the extensive Belt Line project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit surrounding the core of Atlanta. The proposed Westside Park is nearly twice the size of Atlanta's current largest city park, Piedmont Park.

Parks and trails in Atlanta
Regional parks
  • Centennial Olympic Park
  • Chastain Park
  • Freedom Park
  • Grant Park
  • Piedmont Park
  • Southside Park
  • Westside Park
  • Woodruff Park
Community parks
  • Adams Park
  • Atlanta Memorial Park
  • Ben Hill Park
  • Bessie Branham Park
  • Candler Park
  • Central Park
  • Georgia International Plaza
  • Goldsboro Park
  • Historic Fourth Ward Park
  • Hurt Park
  • John A. White Park
  • John Howell Memorial Park
  • Maddox Park
  • New Highland Park
  • Orme Park
  • Perkerson Park
  • Renaissance Park
  • South Bend Park
  • Tanyard Creek Park
  • Wesley Coan Park
Nature preserves
  • Cascade Springs Nature Preserve
  • Fernbank Forest
  • Morningside Nature Preserve
Parkways
  • Lanier Boulevard Parkway
Trails
  • BeltLine
  • PATH trails
Former
  • Mims Park
City of Atlanta Office of Parks

33°46′51″N 84°26′10″W / 33.780895°N 84.43624°W / 33.780895; -84.43624 (Bellwood Quarry)

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