Cooling Centers Available During First Heat Wave in Atlanta

ATLANTA — Temperatures are rising fast in the Atlanta metro area, leading to the need to find a place to cool off and protect yourself from the grueling sun.

11Alive has compiled a list of available cooling centers in and around Atlanta as temperatures rise and we enter a heat wave.

Must Ministries’ Hope House Cooling Center will be open in Cobb County from 12 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. June 13-16. Lunch and dinner will be available. The adress is:

1297 Bells Ferry Road, Marietta, Georgia 30066.

Bus vouchers are available at

HOPE Family Resource Center
6108 Mableton Drive, Suite 116
Mableton, Georgia 30126

Family Life Restoration Center
6105 Mableton Drive
Mableton, Georgia 30126

In the event of heat advisories or warnings, all DeKalb County libraries and recreation centers will be available as cooling centers during each location’s normal business hours. A heat advisory occurs when temperatures “feel” at or above 103 degrees or when actual temperatures reach 105 degrees or higher.

Gwinnett County Government does not offer any cooling centers, but its public facilities offer air conditioning and hydration options. Some offer swimming pools and paddling pools. Other county offerings include year-round aquatic centers, seasonal pools and interactive fountains.

Aquatic centers all year round:

• Bethesda Park Aquatic Center; 225 Bethesda Church Rd, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30044
• Bogan Park Aquatic Center; 2723 N Bogan Rd NE, Buford, GA 30519
• Collins Hill Park Aquatic Center; 2200 Collins Hill Rd, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043
• Mountain Park Aquatic Center; 1063 Rockbridge Rd SW, Stone Mountain, GA 30087
• West Gwinnett Park Aquatic Center; 4488 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Norcross, GA 30071

• Best Friend Park Pool; 6224 Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross, GA 30071
• Dacula Park Swimming Pool; 205 Dacula Rd, Dacula, Georgia 30019
• Lenora Park Pool; 4315 Lenora Church Rd, Snellville, GA 30039
• Rhodes Jordan Park Pool; 100 E Crogan St, Lawrenceville, GA 30046

• EE Robinson Park; 850 Level Creek Rd, Sugar Hill, GA 30518
• Park of Tombs; 1540 Graves Rd, Norcross, GA 30093

You can even cool off at The Battery during Braves games during this extremely hot weather spell.

The Braves are also preparing to face the heat. Fans may bring one sealed plastic water bottle, one bag of food and one bottle of non-aerosol sunscreen per game ticket, and are encouraged to wear hats. Battery-operated portable fans and misters are permitted, as are umbrellas, provided they do not block other fans’ view of the game, per Truist Park guidelines.

Cooling stations inside the park are located in the 1st and 3rd base elevator lobbies on the lower level.

Free water will be available at various locations throughout the weekend:
Inside Truist Park:
Left Field Gate
Door of the Chop house
Right field gate
1st basic door
3rd Base Gate
Hope & Will’s sand court
Jim Beam Lounge (paid access)
Chipper’s Lounge (paid access)
1st Base Premium Lobby LL
3rd Base Premium Lobby LL

The Atlanta Battery:
Apart from Wahlburgers
Delta plane tail (outside 3rd base gate)
Outside the Delta parking lot