Discover Atlanta Scavenger Hunt
Discover the capital of the South with a scavenger hunt across Atlanta's most beloved corners. Spin around the Olympic rings at Centennial Park, walk where Dr. King grew up on Auburn Avenue, ride the Eastside Trail of the BeltLine and toast at Ponce City Market's rooftop. Phoenix city: burned by Sherman, rebuilt twice, hosting Olympic gold.
Stops on this hunt
The geo-tagged checkpoints that anchor this route. You can rearrange, replace or remove any stop after using the template.
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Centennial Olympic Park
Navigate to Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta and check in at the Fountain of Rings.
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MLK National Historical Park
Rideshare east on Auburn Avenue to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and check in at the visitor center on Auburn Avenue.
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BeltLine Eastside Trail
Walk or rideshare to the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail. Check in at the Krog Street Market entrance or near Inman Park.
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Ponce City Market
Continue north on the BeltLine to Ponce City Market and check in at the main entrance on the Eastside Trail side.
Challenges (20)
Atlanta kick-off
The hunt begins! Find a classic Atlanta backdrop (a peach mural, a magnolia tree, a CNN Center sign) and take a group photo with the whole team in shot.
Checkpoint: Centennial Olympic Park
Navigate to Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta and check in at the Fountain of Rings.
Olympic Rings fountain pose
The Fountain of Rings at Centennial Olympic Park sprays water through five interlocking Olympic rings every hour. Time your visit with a fountain show and take a group photo with the rings spraying behind the team.
Trivia: Atlanta Olympics
Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympic Games in what year (the centennial of the modern Olympic Games)?
Answer: 1996
World of Coca-Cola facade
The red and white World of Coca-Cola facade sits on the east side of Pemberton Place. Find a flattering angle and take a group photo with the team holding imaginary (or real) Coke bottles in a toast.
Trivia: Coca-Cola invented
Coca-Cola was invented by Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton in what year (between 1885 and 1887)?
Answers: 1886 / 1885 / 1887
Georgia Aquarium fish wall
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the western hemisphere. Find the entrance fish wall or the whale-shark mural outside and take a group photo with the marine backdrop behind the team.
Checkpoint: MLK National Historical Park
Rideshare east on Auburn Avenue to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and check in at the visitor center on Auburn Avenue.
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church is where Dr. King preached and where his funeral was held in 1968. Find the original sanctuary or the King Memorial reflecting pool and take a respectful group photo.
Trivia: Atlanta named
Atlanta was originally founded as a railroad endpoint town called Terminus, then briefly Marthasville. It was incorporated under the name Atlanta in what year?
Answer: 1847
Checkpoint: BeltLine Eastside Trail
Walk or rideshare to the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail. Check in at the Krog Street Market entrance or near Inman Park.
BeltLine mural team pose
The Eastside Trail is covered in murals by local artists. Find a striking mural along the trail and take a group photo where the team matches a colour, gesture or shape from the artwork.
Krog Street tunnel shot
The Krog Street tunnel is Atlanta's ever-changing graffiti gallery. Take a group photo where the bride walks through the tunnel leading the team, the spray-paint walls drawing the eye.
Checkpoint: Ponce City Market
Continue north on the BeltLine to Ponce City Market and check in at the main entrance on the Eastside Trail side.
Ponce City rooftop carnival
The Roof at Ponce City Market is a rooftop with mini-golf, a skyline view and a midway. Order a drink, play a round of skee-ball and take a group photo with the Atlanta skyline behind the team.
Trivia: BeltLine length
The Atlanta BeltLine project converts an abandoned freight railroad ring around the city into a multi-use trail. Roughly how many miles long is the ring (within 2)?
Answers: 22 / 21 / 23 / 20 / 24
Southern classic plate
Order an Atlanta classic (Mary Mac's fried chicken, Busy Bee soul-food platter, a Varsity chili dog, peach cobbler) from any spot and take a group photo with everyone taking the first bite at the same time.
Piedmont Park skyline
Piedmont Park's lawns give you Atlanta's best skyline view. Walk to the open lawn near the lake and take a group photo with the downtown skyline filling the background.
Local Atlantan tip
Convince a local Atlanta resident to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide and remember the tip. Bonus points if they say "y'all".
Atlanta finale
Final challenge. Find a beautiful Atlanta spot (the Olympic rings at dusk, the BeltLine in low light, the Ponce City rooftop at golden hour) and take an amazing closing group photo. Cheers from the capital of the South!
Frequently asked questions
Four to five hours covers Centennial Olympic Park, the World of Coca-Cola, the MLK National Historical Park, the BeltLine and Ponce City Market at a relaxed pace. Downtown to the BeltLine is about two miles, so most groups rideshare between the Coca-Cola district and Auburn Avenue, then walk the Eastside Trail to Ponce City Market.
Yes, both are timed-entry, paid attractions. The hunt photographs the exteriors (the Olympic rings, the Coca-Cola facade, the Aquarium fish entrance) without admission. If you want to go inside, book Coca-Cola for early afternoon and the Aquarium for first thing in the morning; together they take two to three hours.
By bike if your group can. The Eastside Trail runs three miles from Piedmont Park to Memorial Drive, and Atlanta's ATL-Cycle bike share has docks at the trailheads. On foot, the section between Ponce City Market and Krog Street Market is the postcard stretch and takes about thirty minutes.
Centennial Olympic Park is the natural starting point: parking decks at the Aquarium and CNN Center are a block away, the Olympic rings fountain anchors the opening team photo, and World of Coca-Cola is steps away. From there you sweep east to the MLK site and the BeltLine.
Yes. Centennial Park has playgrounds and a free Olympic-rings fountain that kids love, the World of Coca-Cola and Georgia Aquarium are kid magnets, the MLK National Historical Park is free and accessible, and Ponce City Market's rooftop has carnival games. No alcohol is required at any stop.