Memorial Park is a 72-acre park located in Athens, Georgia. The park is home to the Bear Hollow Zoo and the Birchmore Trail. The park also features the Athens Creative Theater, a playground, dog park, outdoor basketball courts, swimming pool, picnic areas, and a fishing pond. ^[1]

Bear Hollow Zoo

The Bear Hollow Zoo located in Memorial Park is a zoo with animals that are non-releasable to the wild. The zoo's most famous residents are the American black bears DJ, Athena, and Yonah. Bear Hollow also includes white-tailed deer, an American alligator, North American river otters, great horned owls, and a reptile house. ^[2]

Birchmore Trail

The Birchmore Trail is a 1.25 mile trail named for Fred Birchmore because of the 18 foot tall wall Fred built whilst he was in his 70's. ^[3] The wall is dubbed "The Great Wall of Happy Hollow".

Athens Creative Theater

The Athens Creative Theater is a performing arts center that opened in 1966. It is non-profit and a division of the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services. ^[4]

Other features

The park also includes a fishing pond, playground, dog park, and more. The pond also includes ducks, geese, and many different types of turtles.

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