Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Georgia

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Facility Name Description Activities Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Modern day Gray's Reef comprises one of the largest nearshore sandstone reefs in the southeastern United States. Named in recognition of Milton B. Gray, a biological collector and curator at the  more... Fishing , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge Harris Neck NWR was established in 1962 by transfer of federal lands formerly managed by the Federal Aviation Administration as a WWII Army airfield. Located in McIntosh County, Georgia, the refuge  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art collects, exhibits, interprets and preserves works of art while serving as the primary visual arts resource for the diverse communities of Metropolitan Atlanta. The museum  more... Museum/Visitor Center Jimmy Carter National Historic Site Few U.S. Presidents have had such close ties with where they were born and raised. The rural southern culture of Plains, Georgia, that revolves around farming, church and school, had a large  more... Autotouring , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park The name Kennesaw is derived from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning cemetery or burial ground. Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield is a 2,888 acre National Battlefield that preserves a Civil War  more... Autotouring , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site Just past noon on January 15, 1929, a son was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King in an upstairs bedroom of 501 Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta, Georgia. The couple named their first son after  more... Museum/Visitor Center Ocmulgee National Monument Ocmulgee is a memorial to the antiquity of man in this corner of the North American continent. The National Monument preserves a continuous record of human life in the Southeast from the earliest  more... Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee NWR, located about 11 miles southwest of Folkston, was established in 1937 to preserve the 438,000 acre Okefenokee Swamp. The refuge encompasses  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Piedmont NWR is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms and in scattered upland coves. Clear streams and beaver ponds provide  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms and in scattered upland coves. Clear streams and  more... Autotouring , Fishing , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing

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