Hidden Island Ford Park in Sandy Springs, GA

If you’ve read our previous article about Sope Creek, you may be curious about more of Atlanta’s best-kept secrets. Today we’re bringing you part two of this great city’s big secrets – Island Ford Park. 

Island Ford is located just north of Atlanta, outside Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs. Although it’s not as popular as other Atlanta parks, it looks just as serene. The main entrance to this breathtaking park is Hewlett Lodge, which is also the trailhead. 

Hewlett Lodge was built in the 1930s using timber from the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia and stone from Stone Mountain. The lodge has a great exhibition with information about the park. 

The ultimate hiking experiences

There are hiking trails all over Island Ford. You have a 2.2 mile short path along the river trail. If you’re a more advanced hiker, you can loop around the river trail for a five-mile hike. I always go for a quick run by the river when I’m in town. There are all kinds of fantastic caverns and rock formations along the trail. 

Fly Fishing at Island Ford

Island Ford is home to a ton of wildlife. There are lots of deer, geese, turtles, and fish. The Chattahoochee has a natural trout stream with a delayed harvest system. 

They stock the Chattahoochee with trout year-round. Then, they pump trout into the stream several times throughout the year. You’ll also find extra wildlife brown trout. So, if you like fly fishing, spin fishing, or any other kind of fishing, you could do it at Island Ford. 

This beautiful park also has a canoe launch for kayaks or tubers, which you could put right next to Hewlett Lodge.

Relaxation and family fun 

One of my favorite things about Island Ford is its proximity to cool spots and restaurants in places like downtown Roswell and Alpharetta. There are lots of hang-out spaces surrounding the park. You can go for a picnic or come with your family and friends to enjoy being outside. 

Living near Island Ford Park 

The median price point in Sandy Springs is $502,000. It was up to $700,000 in the summer of 2022. So, the market is starting to normalize there. 

You can get your own riverfront property around Island Ford. Some of the riverfront properties behind the Hewlett Lodge range from $700,000 to $1.1 million. There are also plots of land ranging from $1 million to $3 million in the south and north. 

There are townhomes not too far from Hewlett Lodge. You can get a studio for anywhere between $70,000 and $95,000 and a two-bedroom home ranging from $146,000 to 250,000. Just west of Island Ford is Dunwoody Hills, with lake condos ranging from $100,000 to $200,000. 

South-west of the park, you have the North Ridge neighborhood with a median price of $608,000. There’s also River Oaks and Tynecastle, where you can get a property for $700,000 to $2 million. 

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