Put your photos on the map – literally! The City of Suwanee is teaming up with Chronolog to create an online repository of time-lapse photographs in Sims Lake Park.

Visitors to the park can utilize the photo station, installed at the base of the waterfall stone steps feature at Sims Lake, with their own cell phone. Participants simply prop their phone in the cradle, snap a photo, and upload it to the website displayed on signage at the photo station. The website will automatically sort the photos in chronological order and can be viewed in a sequential time lapse at Suwanee.com.  

“We’re very excited to watch the seasons change at Sims Lake, as flowers burst forth, and then leaves change in the fall – all from the same vantage point,” said Kim Towne, who spearheaded the project for the City of Suwanee. “It’s a great opportunity to engage our citizens with nature and to keep a photographic record of environmental change, further connecting our community to the global environment.”

More information – including an interactive map of over 400 other Chronolog locations – can be found at chronolog.io. Many of the stations reside in national parks and other locales around the country.

Sims Lake Park is located at 4600 Suwanee Dam Road and has been a local favorite for nearly 15 years. It is home to several public art pieces including the iconic Sunset sculpture, which will be prominently featured in the Chronolog photo series vantage point. The park also boasts a playground, paved walking trails, two pavilions, and an outdoor classroom, as well as lake and dock.