Richard B. Russell State Park is a 2,508acres (10.15 km2)state park located on the shore ofRichard B. Russell Lake inElbert County, Georgia. The park features the 18-hole Arrowhead Golf Course, as well as picnic shelters and a swimming beach.
The town ofElberton, Georgia and Elbert County contributed to the1996 Summer Olympics by developing a facility to train at Lake Russell for athletes from Canada, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Japan, Moldavia, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Walter McNeely spear-headed the effort and was an Olympic Torchbearer in the1996 Summer Olympics torch relay. A Pavilion at the Park is named in his memory.[1]
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