At the South Cobb Aquatic Center visitors can take swimming lessons, host birthday parties and work out during aquarobics classes. The center features water slides, sprinklers, a diving pool and lap pool. At a cost of $2 per child (age 2 through 17) and $3 for everyone else, this is an indoor water park for less than the price of a Happy Meal. Anyone can visit and enjoy the facility, not just Cobb County residents. The birthday party room is a free benefit of the facility, once the swim fee is paid. Other amenities include locker rooms, showers and a family restroom.
Clarkdale Park is the home of youth baseball and the dedicated parents and community members who operate those little leagues. The park has three baseball fields, a walking track, concessions stand and a playground. Originally known as Clarkdale Field, which was built in 1931, it served as a community park for mill workers and hosted games of the Atlanta Crackers.
The field was then abandoned until the mid-1990s. Southwest Baseball Association, which now holds its youth baseball league there, raised $100,000 to convert the adult field to youth-sized fields.