The City of Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department maintains approximately 130 acres of parks, green spaces, public buildings and athletic facilities and is committed to preserving these spaces so that area residents and visitors can enjoy them for many years to come.
Swift-Cantrell Park, 3140 Old 41 Hwy.
Reserve a picnic pavilion for your next social gathering.
Swift-Cantrell Park has three 1,320-square-foot open-air pavilions, each with enough picnic tables to accommodate 60 people. Click here for more information.
Swift-Cantrell Park serves as one of the premier recreation, relaxation and central gathering places for area residents. Park hours of operation are from 7 am to 10 pm. At 42 acres, the City's largest community park features: two age appropriate playgrounds, a dog park, skate spot, three picnic pavilions, two restroom buildings, one mile x 12-foot-wide perimeter trail, half-mile x 8-foot-wide inner-loop trail, shade structures, acres of open turf for passive recreation, and drinking fountains.
Adams Park, 2600 Park Dr.
Adams Park, a 33-acre community park located near the intersection of Watts Drive and US-41/Cobb Parkway, offers a unique blend of active and passive recreation. Amenities include six lighted baseball fields, four lighted softball fields, concession buildings, indoor and outdoor batting cages, two lighted tennis courts, one lighted soccer field, drinking fountains, a 3,000 ft. x 8-foot-wide concrete trail, the Ben Robertson Community Center, a Scout Hut building, playground, picnic pavilions and shelters and park bench seating.
Ben Robertson Community Center, 2753 Watts Dr.
The 26,000-square-foot Ben Robertson Community Center features a 3,952-square-foot banquet hall and two 840-square-foot meeting rooms that can be joined to form a large meeting room. There is ample parking, and the entrance features a porte-cochere with interior vestibule to provide shelter for arriving guests. In addition to meeting space, the facility is home to the administrative offices for the City of Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department, and includes a large gymnastics room, fitness room, craft and painting labs, and three dance studios which are all used for community programs.
The City of Kennesaw provides FREE wireless Internet access (Wi-Fi) at the the following locations: Swift-Cantrell Park, Adams Park, the Ben Robertson Community Center, and near the historic train Depot in downtown Kennesaw.
Special use areas include the Depot play area (in downtown Kennesaw) and Smith-Gilbert Gardens, a 16-acre blend of art, history and horticulture. A community wide trail system is also planned; the first two phases are already open.
How to View Real-Time Facility Availability
1. Click here to access our Online Registration site.
2. Click the "Reservations" link on the top of your screen.
3. Click the "View Facilities" button.
4. You will be presented with a simple list of facilities and dates to choose from. With a single mouse click, you can search for facilities at a particular location, by specific types of facilities such as "Small Meeting Room" or "Large Meeting Room", by amenities such as “Carpet" or "Catering Kitchen", or by any combination of these.
5. Click on the month (e.g., May) in the "Reserved Dates" column beside the facility that you are interested in checking availability. A month calendar view will display. A time block (e.g., 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) on a specific date indicates the facility is already reserved for that date/time.
For additional assistance, please call (770) 422-9714 during our regular office hours.