Sunday Quiz: North Atlanta’s Parks, Paths and Local Life
Ten questions about North Atlanta parks, paths, landmarks, city history and one famous Georgia vegetable.
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A trail beneath a highway, a city named by a sugar spill and a theater remade in Art Deco style: this week’s ten questions move through the parks, landmarks and small details that give North Atlanta its character.
November 8, 2026 · NAS Weekend Desk
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Featured photograph: The Noonday Creek Trail extension beside Highway 92 in Woodstock. Aerial image supplied by City of Woodstock GIS.
North Atlanta Sunday Quiz: Parks, paths and local life
- What major road does Woodstock’s new Noonday Creek Trail extension pass beneath?
- What makes the 5K loop at Johns Creek’s Cauley Creek Park unusual?
- What event is said to have given Sugar Hill its name?
- Milton is named for John Milton. Who was he?
- What 50-acre facility adjoins Alpharetta’s Wills Park?
- Brookhaven’s Peachtree Creek Greenway follows which waterway?
- Which is Chamblee’s largest park?
- What long feature crosses Suwanee’s Town Center on Main?
- Which architectural style defines the restored Canton Theatre?
- What is Georgia’s official state vegetable?
Sources
1. Georgia DOT: Noonday Creek Trail extension; 2. City of Johns Creek: Cauley Creek Park; 3. City of Sugar Hill: city history; 4. City of Milton: about Milton; 5. City of Alpharetta: Wills Park; 6. City of Brookhaven: Peachtree Creek Greenway; 7. City of Chamblee: parks master plan; 8. City of Suwanee: Town Center on Main; 9. City of Canton: Historic Canton Theatre; 10. Georgia Department of Agriculture: Vidalia onions.
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