Field Notes

Have you ever thought about becoming a park ranger? Listen to park rangers tell their stories and discuss what it’s like to be a park ranger on the AMNHA Ranger Round Table. This conversation includes current and former rangers from the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, DeKalb County’s Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve and Mason Mill […]

Welcome to National Park Week 2022! Celebrated annually, this is a week to get outside and explore National Parks both near and far. Here in metro Atlanta, there is the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area (yours truly), as well as the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and Martin Luther King, […]

The final Bruce Street School community engagement sessions to shape the conceptual design of the future of DeKalb’s first Black public school building will take place at the Lithonia Woman’s Club (2564 Wiggins Street, Lithonia, GA 30058) from 1-4pm on April 24th and May 7th. These sessions are part of a monthslong effort to solicit […]

On April 18th, 1972, Charles Davidson, Jr., the then-President of one of the largest granite products companies in the world, made a fateful decision: in order to prevent a massive mountain of granite owned by the Davidson family from being developed by one of the company’s competitors, that property would be donated to DeKalb County […]

Flat Rock is one of the oldest Black communities in Georgia. You can tour the Flat Rock Archives with Co-Founder, Johnny Waits, to experience the area’s history first-hand! You can sign up for a tour here. Starting at the historic T.A. Bryant, Sr. Homestead (home of the Archives), Johnny will walk you through Flat Rock’s […]

Need help planning your next hike? We are here to help! We know that parking in the National Heritage Area – especially at Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve – can get a little dicey on the weekends. We love that people are coming out and enjoying the National Heritage Area, and know that you want to […]

The Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance seeks a highly qualified candidate to fill a part-time Program Manager position. The candidate is expected to coordinate, manage and implement a variety of educational and outreach programs and proactively contribute to the efficient operations of the organization. The Arabia Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that works to […]

That’s a wrap on the 10th and final annual Monadnock Madness. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Triple Hike Challenge, nature photography and yoga workshops during March. Thank you also to the many park rangers, staff, instructors and others who made this event possible. For a gallery of our Triple Hike Challenge submissions, […]

Geocaching is a really popular outdoor activity in the National Heritage Area. But what is it, and how can you get started? We sat down with master geocacher Chris Korbel to talk about it: Arabia Alliance: What is geocaching, in a nutshell? Chris Korbel: An treasure hunt using a GPS. AA: How did you, Chris, […]

Springtime is here – and that means that it’s time to get outside! The National Heritage Area has over 34 miles of bike trails stretching from historic downtown Lithonia all the way to the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. We are here to help you pick the best trailheads around the AMNHA for your biking […]

As part of our ongoing efforts to solicit community engagement and reactivate the historic Bruce Street School, DeKalb County’s first Black public school building, we are releasing an online form to further gather community responses and understand what people want the school site to become. Also known as the Lithonia Negro School and the Lithonia […]

Congratulations to our first three Monadnock Madness 2022 Triple Hike Challenge finishers! Jennifer, Ruth and D. Vanessa (not pictured below) completed the Challenge over the first weekend of March by hiking Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park and Panola Mountain State Park. You can complete the challenge, too – head over to […]