Hard Labor Creek State Park, Georgia's second-largest at nearly 6,000 acres between Rutledge and Bostwick, features two lakes—Rutledge and Brantley—created by Civilian Conservation Corps workers in the 1930s on former overworked farmland.
Jekyll Island, Georgia, lies in Glynn County among the Golden Isles barrier chain, a 5,700-acre coastal gem southeast of Brunswick with Driftwood Beach's iconic skeletal oaks, maritime forests, marshes, and 10 miles of Atlantic shoreline.
Stone Mountain in DeKalb County, Georgia, rises 825 feet above the surrounding plains as a massive quartz monzonite dome monadnock 15 miles east of Atlanta, formed 300 million years ago and covering over 500 acres with a 5-mile circumference.
The Olde Pink House is a renowned Southern restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, housed in a historic Georgian colonial mansion built between 1771 and 1789 by James Habersham Jr. Originally a private home, it later served as Planters Bank—Georgia's first bank—Union headquarters during the Civil War, and faced decline before restoration in the mid-20th century.
Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site, located near Cartersville in Bartow County, Georgia, USA, preserves a 54-acre prehistoric Mississippian culture village along the Etowah River, occupied from around 1000 to 1550 AD by several thousand Native Americans.
Laura S. Walker State Park spans 626 acres near Waycross and Hoboken in southeast Georgia, USA, near the Okefenokee Swamp's northern edge and named for Laura S. Walker, the only living person ever honored with a U.S. national park (1937) for her conservation, forestry advocacy, and civic leadership.
Hardman Farm State Historic Site near Helen in Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia, USA, spans 173 acres of preserved farmland featuring an 1870 Italianate mansion built by Captain James Nichols, along with 19 outbuildings like a dairy barn, spring house, and horse barn.
Tugaloo State Park in Lavonia, Georgia, USA, encompasses 393 acres on a wooded peninsula jutting into the vast 55,590-acre Lake Hartwell, offering campers and cottages panoramic water views from nearly every angle, with some cottages featuring private boat docks.
Jack Hill State Park, formerly Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park, spans 662 acres in Reidsville on Georgia's coastal plain, renamed in 2020 to honor the late State Senator Jack Hill who secured funding for its facilities including cabins, a splash pad, and golf course expansion.
East River Street in Savannah, Georgia, forms the lively waterfront edge of the Historic District along the Savannah River, originally developed in the 18th century as the city's vital port with cobblestone paving laid by enslaved laborers using ships' discarded ballast stones.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park, Georgia's largest at nearly 9,050 acres on Pine Mountain Ridge near Warm Springs, honors President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who visited for polio-relief springs in the 1920s and picnicked at scenic Dowdell's Knob, now featuring his life-size statue.
Callaway Resort & Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, spans 2,500 acres of Appalachian foothills gardens founded in 1952 by C.S. Callaway to share his private retreat's natural beauty, featuring the world's largest azalea collection, pine forests, and seasonal blooms.
Fort McAllister State Park in Richmond Hill, Georgia, USA, covers 1,725 acres on the Ogeechee River south of Savannah amid live oaks, Spanish moss, and salt marshes.
Dahlonega, Georgia, nestles in the North Georgia mountains as Lumpkin County's seat, founded in 1833 amid America's first major gold rush sparked by 1828 discoveries that drew thousands of miners to Cherokee lands before the Trail of Tears removal.
Georgia Veterans State Park near Cordele in Crisp County, Georgia, USA, covers 1,308 acres along 8,600-acre Lake Blackshear and was established in 1946 as a memorial to U.S. veterans from the Revolutionary War to modern conflicts.
A. H. Stephens State Park in Crawfordville, Georgia, USA, spans 1,177 acres of rolling hills and forests west of Augusta and honors Alexander H. Stephens, Confederate vice president and former Georgia governor who once owned the land.
