Johns Creek is a city in Fulton County, Georgia, and a northeastern suburb of Atlanta.
It used to be Cherokee territory and has hosted many of the largest corporations in the United States, creating an affluent atmosphere where people can grow and flourish.
John Rogers was a respected plantation owner, and the name Johns Creek came from his son, Johnson K. Rogers: a local tributary was called ‘Johns Creek’ and eventually became the name of the area.
Johns Creek has been ranked as one of the best cities to live in by USA Today and was first recognized as a settlement in 1981, growing over time to be the home of 200 companies and then expanding into homes and shopping centers.
A grassroots movement to incorporate Johns Creek as a city began in 2000 with residents wanting control over factors, and it finally became an official city in December 2006.
Despite being a young city, there are lots of things to see and enjoy in Johns Creek, a place poised for development and prosperity and consistently ranked among the best cities to live in Georgia.
Here is a list of the best things to do in Johns Creek:
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This heritage center has 46 acres of historical past, a ravine forest, and 2 miles of walking trails, creeks with spring seeps, rocky shoals, mature trees, native plants, wildflowers, and animal life.
Here stands a heritage village that provides some insight into the place’s honorable rural heritage from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s.
Tucked deep into the woods are Native American replica dwellings to remind the public of a people who walked before them and had a deep respect and care for the environment.
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Kids will have a singular educational experience in the Living Lab, a stop for learning about the world around them.
The Visitor Center houses about 30 different animals, such as the Florida king snake, the African spurred tortoise, the Nigerian dwarf goat, the lop-eared rabbit, the American Pekin duck, and more.
Autrey Mill’s mission is to create a destination and resource inspiring exploration, appreciation, and preservation of the natural environment and history.
Six Bridges Brewing is the first and only craft brewery at Johns Creek owned by a father-son team, Charles and Clay Gridley, who honed their skills in brewing beer and are determined to create world-class drinks that everybody can enjoy.
The brewery has a 30-barrel, 4-vessel system with a canning line, kegging equipment, and much room for expansion.
Their taproom features servings of full-pints, half pours, and four-taster flights; 16 taps of the freshest beer around; large screens to watch sports games; board games; high-top tables; and an outdoor beer garden.
Sample tasty beers such as Sour Continuum, a Berliner Weiss fruited with pink guava, Silent Accord, a milk stout with notes of toasted coconut, and Discover, an American pale ale with classic hops and notes of soft bread and crackers.
Feel right at home in this laid-back brewery and relish the flavor of the finest beer around town.
Masterpiece Mixers at Johns Creek is an art haven that allows you to unleash your inner creative artist to compose your own masterworks.
It is a friendly and relaxed center that runs art sessions for the masses, and you don’t have to worry about lack of experience – it’s for everyone to enjoy!
The studio will supply the paints, canvas, and brushes, and their professional and cool instructors will guide you every step of the way to create a wonderful piece that you can take home at the end of the day.
Invite your friends and family along and even bring your refreshments to help spark the creative spirit.
The studio is always in search of fun-loving, inspired, and motivated people who love to consume art and help others have a great time.
Surprise yourself with your creations and impress and challenge your friends with the levels of artistic ability you can reach.
If you have an ear for music, listen to this symphony orchestra, which is made of the best professional musicians from across the region and is the only thoroughly professional orchestra in metropolitan Atlanta.
The orchestra members host three different concert sessions a year and contribute their individual experiences from playing in Vienna, London, Salzburg, and the United States.
The members are some of the greatest instrumentalists in the country, averaging 16 years of experience in professional orchestras and holding artist diplomas and graduate degrees in the performing arts from leading institutions.
Maestro and founder J. Wayne Baughman has been a fixture in the Atlanta music scene for over 35 years and has aspired to bring together quality symphonic musicians to provide the highest caliber of music possible.
Join this critically acclaimed orchestra as they continue to reach milestones and provide exciting and inspirational artistic heights.
A somewhat hidden jewel in Johns Creek, Johns Creek Arts Center sits at the heart of the community as a family-oriented art space.
It strives to inspire the artistic verve by inspiring individual creativity and stimulating community and personal growth.
Its main vision is to be a community arts center providing affordable education to the citizens of North Fulton and the surrounding public.
It inspires development by providing stellar outreach and art programs taught by prominent instructors: adult and youth classes, after-school enrichments, outreaches for seniors, and programs for under-served and out-of-school youth.
The facility boasts a digital arts lab, an amazing ceramic and clay studio, and wide-range instructions in visual media.
It offers rotating art exhibits, classes, camps, and workshops in sculptural and functional ceramics, photography, jewelry, mosaics, watercolors, and visual arts.
In its gallery, view works with a wide theme range by some of the most accomplished talents in the region.
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Atlanta Athletic Club is a well-respected private athletic club in Johns Creek, known nationally and internationally for its facilities.
It has two Championship 18-hole golf courses, a 9-hole Par 3 golf course, outdoor clay courts and an indoor tennis facility, an active fitness center, an Olympic-size swimming pool, and splendid club rooms and dining areas.
The Club is a lively hub of activity for families that offer them a high-standard recreational and social experience.
One of its main points of pride is preserving championship golf’s reputation, traditions, and heritage.
It has a state-of-the-art instruction center staffed by Professional Golfer’s Association personnel who have a top-notch program and have pride in teaching the game to golfers of all levels.
The two championship golf courses, the Highlands and Riverside, offer a firm and fair play to all golfers, and their 9-hole Par 3 course is great for junior golfers who are nurtured to learn the game.
Shakerag Park is a simple and lightly developed 66-acre community park in the northeastern point of Johns Creek.
It has a 1.1-mile long nature trail under 200-year-old hardwoods, a walking and jogging track, a 3.8-acre lake, three large athletic fields, a Ping-Pong table, three picnic pavilions, and three large cricket batting cages.
Shakerag Park has the first cricket scoreboard in Georgia and the only cricket batting cages in the Southeast, and you can catch a game here on most weekends.
It is the domain of the Johns Creek Cricket Association, a non-profit organization that aspires to develop and promote the sport with the intent of creating better leaders and players.
Their goal is to bring together a community of cricket lovers to make Johns Creek a prime destination for cricket in Georgia.
They ultimately aim to organize a cricket league to create awareness of the sport and its value and provide a platform for its excellence.
Since its founding in 1994, the North Atlanta Dance Academy has enchanted audiences with its wide spectrum of dancing.
It serves Johns Creek and the greater Atlanta area and has been one of Georgia’s finest dance schools for over twenty years, featuring top-tier dance instruction in classical ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, character, contemporary, and musical theater.
Here they train pre-ballet young students ages 3-6 and foster their love of dance, sharpen students 8-18 years for dancing careers, offer open school programs to teach ballet techniques, and give musical theater training for aspiring performers.
They offer summer camps for those who want to sharpen their abilities to the next level and provide great opportunities for dancers to take the next step forward.
The academy has also combined with the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra to give a professional-level collaboration, a dramatic and sensuous performance with uplifting music and magical dancing merged together.
A&S Culinary Concepts is a cooking studio specializing in corporate team building, corporate catering, private cooking classes, special dinners, and other events.
Andrew Traub, chef and owner, created the studio to share a love of cookery and community.
They love food and prepare their ingredients from scratch: they mix their own sauces, mayonnaise, dressings, and stocks; roast their own meats and have personal spice blends and rubs; and create lovely and delicious desserts.
At their group cooking classes, master new techniques and enticing recipes and find yourself creating an engaging gourmet meal and decadent desserts in no time.
With their catering services, be assured of the finest possible service: they work with local farmers for freshly sustainable produce and cheeses, and their meats are likewise natural and antibiotic-free.
They also have team-building events where your team can have a battle of the chefs with delicious food that you have teamed up to prepare.
Newtown Park is where the city’s citizens go to relax, a well-supplied 46-acre park with walking and jogging trails, multi-purpose athletic fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, playgrounds, and picnic pavilions.
The park contains a small lake and the Wall that Heals, a wall monument memorializing veterans who served in the US Armed Forces in Vietnam.
The park also has the Veterans Memorial Walk, a 4-acre memorial that respects those in the US Armed Services, with a hardscaped trail circling granite benches and a fountain.
Find a mural called “Everyone Has a Seat at The Park,” a piece representing facets of Johns Creek and Georgia, celebrating the city’s diverse richness and promoting inclusivity.
Also, find Newtown Dream Dog Park, one of the top dog parks in the country with artificial turf, sprinklers, obstacles, and water fountains for your furbabies to bask in.
And have a look at the Mark Burkhalter Amphitheatre, a spacious venue for a wide range of performances.
This place follows the flow of the Chattahoochee River for 46 miles, passing through five different sections at Johns Creek, providing public recreation and access to historic sites.
Go on a colorful nature walk, raft through rocky shoals, float on a hot afternoon, fish in the pristine waters, cycle through multi-use trails, or have a picnic by the riverside.
This recreation area is rich in natural and human history and is ideal for learning about wetlands, nature, watersheds, water quality, and wildlife.
The river is home to bass, trout, catfish, and 20 other fish species, the area has over 240 bird species, and the forest along the river has species such as rabbit and white-tailed deer.
The riverbanks are always stunningly colorful, and you can spot redbuds, azaleas, trillium, cardinal flowers, sumac, and goldenrod, depending on the season.
Immerse in the symphonic sights and sounds of nature at the river corridor, the forest, and the eastern flyways.
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Atlanta Botanical Garden, founded in 1976, is one of the loveliest places to visit, which is 29 minutes’ drive away from Johns Creek.
It is an evolving place for nature and plant lovers, with acclaimed plant collections, magnificent exhibitions, and stunning displays.
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Here, admire attractions like the charming and award-winning Children’s Garden, the tranquil Storza Woods with its soaring Canopy Walk, the dazzling Fuqua Orchid House, and the dramatic Skyline Garden.
The garden has some of the largest plant collections in the Southeast: see the botanical richness of deserts and rainforests in the Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory and the largest collection of species orchids in the country at the Fuqua Orchid Center.
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Wonderful exhibitions are everywhere: mosaic sculptures, kinetic art, green expansions, contemporary sculptures, culture sculptures, and more.
See the incredible creations of glass artist Dale Chihuly, such as the Parterre Fountain Installation and the Saffron Tower Water Mirror Staircase.
Feast your eyes on Georgia’s most beautiful landscapes at Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Located 25 minutes from Johns Creek, Heritage Sandy Springs is a welcome respite from the buzz of the city.
It has been a popular getaway spot for concerts, festivals, and educational programs.
The museum is located in Williams-Payne House, an 1869 plain style farmhouse containing rotating exhibits, a permanent exhibit on Sandy Springs history, and artifacts from the American Civil War, which played an important role in the lives of Georgians.
It offers tours to appreciate the collections preserving the cultural and historical significance of Sandy Springs.
It also gives Turtle Tours by mascots Sandy the Chipmunk and Spring the Turtle, who deliver fresh ideas, stories, museum exploration, crafts, and activities for your kids.
The Heritage Green park site is home to the springs for which the city of Sandy Springs is named and is a tiered lawn for outdoor entertainment that hosts many events every year with recreational, educational, and historical opportunities.
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The Atlanta Beltline was an occupied rail corridor and then a stretch of abandoned land for many years.
Gradually, it was converted into a multi-use trail connecting many of the different neighborhoods in the metropolitan space.
The Eastside Trail is 32 minutes from Johns Creek and was the first finished section of the Atlanta Beltline in the rail corridor.
Here, cross paths with wide green spaces such as Piedmont Park and notable trails like the Freedom Parkway Trail.
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Enjoy having access to Ponce City Market for fine dining and boutique shopping, or Krog Street Market for tasty food stall dining and amazing meals.
And pop into the Krog Tunnel to see a kaleidoscope of amazing images, words, and ideas in a community art canvas.
The Beltline is a great spot for outdoor exercise and soaking up culture, so follow the trail and see what it has in store for you
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Situated 30 minutes from Johns Creek, the Atlanta Monetary Museum tells the story of money, starting from pre-coinage barter days to the creation of the US Federal Reserve, up to modern times.
Trace the evolution of money from wampum and gold nuggets to today’s currency and take a peek at the rare coins, strange objects, and meticulously detailed currency notes in their collection.
The museum features historical artifacts and interactive multimedia tracing how the Federal Reserve shapes the economy and giving a peek at the bank’s automated cash and vault processing.
Look into automated vaults, spot the robotic transports doing the heavy lifting, and view the cash-processing maneuvers where millions of dollars are shredded, counted, and sorted every day.
You will learn an in-depth lesson on the Federal Reserve’s role in bank regulation and supervision.
Learn how it conducts monetary policy and the effect of its actions, and how its payments system services move our economy along and continue to stabilize our financial system.
Johns Creek has much to offer in the way of artistic recreations, natural escapes, historic getaways, and athletic endeavors.
Check out the items on this list if you’re interested in being part of the development and progress at Johns Creek.
Immerse yourself in the charms of this city and be part of its growing history and evolution.
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