Directions

The Preserve is located off Dallas/Cartersville HWY 61

Our entrance is from Douthit Bridge Rd past the Birchwood Farms Subdivision.

If using GPS, enter “Douthit Bridge Rd, Paulding Co”

From Cartersville – Take Highway 113/61 South; turn left on Hwy 61 at Cartersville airport.

**Follow Hwy 61 for 3.8 miles, then turn left on Douthit Bridge Rd (at Birchwood subdivision).

++After .4 mi the road becomes one-lane, unpaved; proceed to fork in road and take right on Vineyard Rd; continue for another 1.6 mi (passing through two gates) to The Pettit Preserve.

Parking is in a graveled lot on your left after you pass the large Pettit Preserve sign.

From I-75:

Take Exit 285, Red Top Mountain and head WEST (away from the State Park). Go straight at the traffic light; road becomes Old Alabama Rd.  Proceed on Old Alabama for approximately 7 miles. At stop sign, turn LEFT onto Hwy 61.

Proceed with Cartersville directions from **

From Dallas:

11.5 miles on Hwy 61 North/Cartersville Hwy. Turn RIGHT on Douthit Bridge Rd at Birchwood subdivision.

Proceed with above Cartersville directions from ++