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Recreation Nature Out the Back Door Forsyth City Parks (478) 994-5649 Forsyth has six city parks: Parks Circle, Milledge Circle Park, Hill Park, Lee Street Park, Country Club Park, and Kynette Park. All except Parks Circle and Lee Street have playgrounds. Milledge Circle, Country Club, and Kynette have pavilions, and Country Club and Kynette have bathrooms. The newly renovated Kynette Park has a basketball court, ball field, and neighborhood center building. The pavilions and ball field can be reserved but are usually available on a first come, first served basis. All of Forsyth’s city parks are open daily from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. DID YOU KNOW? Jarrell Plantation was a cotton plantation owned by a single family for more than 140 years. It survived Gen. Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” typhoid fever, emancipation, reconstruction, the cotton boll weevil, the advent of steam power and a transition from farming to forestry. Recreation Department aerial view S ports enthusiasts, nature lovers and history buffs have a we