![]() ![]() The water was so clear, I spotted and retrieved my Georgia rock within a couple of minutes. A few minutes later, I realized our toddler had found it and released it back into the river. While sitting in the water near the shore, I found a flat rock shaped like the State of Georgia, so I put it in the pocket of my camping chair. While the Flint is murky and undesirable for its entire length through the South Metro Atlanta area, the waters flowing over the shoals at Sprewell Bluff Park are crystal clear. Sprewell Bluff Park provides one of the few public places families can engage and enjoy the Flint before it gets down that far south. Eventually, the Flint winds its way through western Georgia and joins the Chattahoochee to form Lake Seminole before becoming the Apilachicola River en route to the Gulf of Mexico via the Florida panhandle. Growing up as I did in Clayton and Fayette counties, I have crossed the Flint River innumerable times, and I have often wondered, “Where does it go from here?” One of those places is right through Sprewell Bluff Park, which is located about six miles west of Thomaston. ![]() Sprewell Bluff Park in Upson County is one of my new favorite daytrip destinations. ![]()
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