3 Best Public Parks in Savannah, GA

“Forsyth Park has over 30 acres of parkland and features a cafe, ample room for sports, two playgrounds, and events. The park is home to the Farmers Market every Saturday. Forsyth Park hosts free shows every month is a place for concerts during the Savannah Jazz Festival and is the destination for all kinds of festivals and special occasions throughout the year. Forsyth Park has a confederate memorial, a half-shell theatre, and basketball courts. Further into the park are two children’s playgrounds, one for littles and another for bigger kids. The city’s most famous fountain was installed in 1858. From time to time, there are concerts conducted at Forsyth for the benefit of the people.”

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“Skidaway Island State Park is an ideal spot with a peaceful environment. The trails go through maritime forests and past salt marsh, leading to a boardwalk and observation tower. In the park’s interpretive center, birders can find binoculars, reference books, and a window to look for migrating species, such as Painted Buntings. Groups can have privacy in their pioneer campgrounds. In the park, open-air picnics and enclosed group shelters are famous spots for parties, reunions, and other celebrations. The park’s latest camper cabins provide screened porches, air conditioning, a bathroom with a shower, a kitchen, a master bedroom, and a kids’ sleeping loft. Visitors can see deer, fiddler crabs, raccoons, egrets, and other wildlife.”

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“Daffin Park has many walking paths and 80 acres of grass for multiple fields. The Park is also an asylum for Grayson Stadium. The Park is used for city leagues for soccer and football games during the fall and spring, As well as for high school games that use the park's Optimist Field for football and soccer. Daffin Park features tennis courts, monuments, kids' grounds, jogging, picnics, stone benches, waterfalls, green space areas, event conducting, open space, playgrounds, tables, shelters, statues, fountains, and swings.”

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