Lionel Hampton-Beecher Hills Nature Preserve

This 100+ acre nature preserve is home to a wide variety of plant and animal life. The nature preserve is largely mature forest. There are plans to one day connect these trails to the Beltline. The preserve is a combination of two tracts: one is named after the previous land owner, jazz musician Lionel Hampton, and the other shares the name of nearby Beecher Hills school. There is a nearby historical marker summarizing the Battle of Utoy Creek. The park contains trenches and fortifications used by Union troops in the Battles of Ezra Church and Utoy Creek. There are three champion trees in the park: a sugar maple, an umbrella magnolia, and a tulip poplar.