# Atlanta State Park
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{{short description|State park in Texas, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox protected area
| name = Atlanta State Park
| iucn_category =
| image = Day Use Area Atlanta State Park Texas 2023.jpg
| image_caption = A day use area in Atlanta State Park
| image_alt =
| map = USA Texas#USA |relief=1
| map_width = 240
| map_caption =
| map_alt = A map of Texas showing the location of Atlanta State Park
| location = [Cass County](/source/Cass_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), United States
| nearest_city = [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta%2C_Texas)
| coordinates = {{coord|33|13|55|N|94|14|58|W|notes=[{{cite gnis|1329822|Atlanta State Park|January 7, 2013}}]|display=inline, title}}
| area = {{convert|1475|acre|adj=on}}
| established = 1954
| visitation_num = 44,819
| visitation_year = 2025
| visitation_ref = [{{cite web |author=Christopher Adams |publisher= |url=https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/most-visited-texas-state-parks-2025// |title=What is the most visited state park in Texas? Here’s the top 10 countdown for 2025
|work= |website=KXAN.com |access-date=February 13, 2026}}]
| governing_body = Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
| website = [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/atlanta Official site]
}}
'''Atlanta State Park''' is a {{convert|1475|acre|adj=on}} densely forested [state park](/source/state_park) in northern [Cass County, Texas](/source/Cass_County%2C_Texas), United States ten miles northwest of [Atlanta, Texas](/source/Atlanta%2C_Texas) off [Farm to Market Road 1154](/source/Farm_to_Market_Road_1154). The park opened in 1954. It is located on the south shore of [Wright Patman Lake](/source/Wright_Patman_Lake) in and is managed by the [Texas Parks and Wildlife Department](/source/Texas_Parks_and_Wildlife_Department).[{{cite web |title=Atlanta State Park: Overview |url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/atlanta |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |access-date=January 7, 2013}}]
==History==
In past centuries, the [Caddo Indians](/source/Caddo) settled in this area and worked the land as farmers. Many pioneers traveled across the area to use the ferry that crossed the [Sulphur River](/source/Sulphur_River). The State of Texas acquired the land for Atlanta State Park in 1954 under a long-term lease with the [Department of the Army](/source/United_States_Army).
In spring 2016 Wright Patman Lake flooded the park and destroyed bathrooms and the [amphitheatre](/source/amphitheatre). Texas Parks and Wildlife closed the park for more than two months.[{{cite web |last1=Horn |first1=Bobby Jr. |title=Atlanta State Park remains closed for holiday |url=https://archive.casscountynow.com/articles/2016/06/22/atlanta-state-park-remains-closed-holiday |website=CassCountyNow |date=June 22, 2016 |publisher=Cass County Sun and Atlanta Citizens Journal |access-date=23 May 2023}}] An old-growth pine forest was inundated with ten feet of water that killed many of the trees. Reforestation efforts are in progress with trees that can better tolerate flooding.[{{cite web |title=Atlanta State Park: Trails Information |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/atlanta/trails-info |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |access-date=23 May 2023}}]
==Nature==
thumb|left|A northern cottonmouth
===Animals===
Visitors can see woodland birds like the [pine warbler](/source/pine_warbler), [pileated woodpecker](/source/pileated_woodpecker), [red-headed woodpecker](/source/red-headed_woodpecker) and [brown-headed nuthatch](/source/brown-headed_nuthatch). There are also waterfowl such as [American white pelican](/source/American_white_pelican) and [double-crested cormorant](/source/double-crested_cormorant). [White-tailed deer](/source/White-tailed_deer), [Mexican long-nosed armadillo](/source/Mexican_long-nosed_armadillo), [grey fox](/source/grey_fox), [eastern gray squirrel](/source/eastern_gray_squirrel), [northern cottonmouth](/source/Agkistrodon_piscivorus) [eastern copperhead](/source/eastern_copperhead), and [timber rattlesnake](/source/timber_rattlesnake) are some of the land animals in the park.[{{cite web |title=Atlanta State Park: Nature |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/atlanta/nature |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |access-date=19 February 2026}}]
thumb|Redring milkweed
===Plants===
Trees dominate the landscape of Atlanta State Park. [Loblolly](/source/Pinus_taeda) and [shortleaf pine](/source/Pinus_echinata), [white oak](/source/Quercus_subg._Quercus), [black hickory](/source/Carya_texana), [mockernut hickory](/source/Carya_tomentosa), [American sweetgum](/source/Liquidambar_styraciflua), [eastern redbud](/source/Cercis_canadensis) and [flowering dogwood](/source/Cornus_florida) grow in the park. [American beautyberry](/source/Callicarpa_americana), [wild grape](/source/Vitis), [farkleberry](/source/Vaccinium_arboreum), [redring milkweed](/source/Asclepias_variegata) and [poison ivy](/source/Toxicodendron_radicans) are found in the [understory](/source/understory).