Conveniently located along Interstate 20, just minutes west of Downtown Atlanta, Douglasville offers big city conveniences with hometown charm!

Visitors enjoy strolls through this Main Street city, especially through picturesque O’Neal Plaza, with it’s winding brick paths and a beautiful fountain.

Looking for culture? Stop by the Cultural Arts Center on Campbellton Street which is the headquarters for activity in the area, and is also housed in a lovely nineteenth-century Greek Revival home.

The city boasts great shopping downtown and around the Interstate. Note the offerings of our friendly Downtown merchants, who strive to bring you unique and interesting merchandise and treasures. Home furnishings and accessories, fashions and bridal accessories, collectibles and gifts, and Indian and Civil War artifacts are all ready to go home with you. After browsing our antique and specialty stores, visit Arbor Place Mall’s million-square-foot complex, Georgia’s largest west of Atlanta!

Have you worked up an appetite from all that shopping? Choose from more than 100 restaurants located in the city. The Downtown area alone hosts eateries featuring Cajun, Italian, Japanese, and Southern barbecue cuisine.

Less than 10 miles from Six Flags theme park, and only a few miles more from Jackson-Hartsfield International and Charlie Brown Airports, Douglasville is always a good choice for an overnight stay while visiting metro Atlanta. Spending the night in one of our 1,800-plus sleeping rooms means you’re less than 30 minutes from most Metro Atlanta attractions.

Douglasville is also home to Sweetwater Creek State Park. Covering 2,000 acres, the park is a peaceful setting with seven miles of trails, picnic shelters, playgrounds, fishing and boating facilities. The park also contains the ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, a Civil War-era textile mill, and is home to a yearly arts and crafts festival.

Native American influence is not limited to the park. Douglasville was originally known as “Skint Chestnut” before being re-named for Senator Stephen A. Douglas (of the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates). Local lore tell that a large chestnut tree at a trail crossing was used by local Indians as a landmark. To make the tree more conspicuous, the Indians skinned it from top to bottom. Years later, roads began to converge at that point and it continued to be used for directions.

The city and county sponsor activities and special events, including celebrations for Independence Day, Labor Day and Christmas. There are also annual arts and crafts festivals, antique car shows, football, softball and baseball fields, walking track and fitness trails, outdoor and indoor pools, tennis courts, a handicapped-accessible playground, a fishing lake, picnic pavilions and a mini-train.

Annie Clinton Farms and Nature Preserve and a new skateboard park, in addition to several public golf courses, driving ranges, batting cages, a bowling center, skating rink, and movie theaters, help round out the recreation options.

Douglasville truly is where Atlanta keeps it’s charm, and so much more!