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Georgia’s best-known landmarks include 12 National Park Service units (from Fort Pulaski and Cumberland Island to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park), 16 state historic sites and the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia, from Tallulah Gorge to Okefenokee Swamp. This page lists all 35, plus 44 more National Historic Landmarks, with the agency that runs each, where it is and a link to the official page.
Every state historic site and state park also has its own page with hours, admission or parking, the address and events nearby: Georgia state parks and historic sites, place by place.
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Checked against each agency’s own page. We do not list prices or hours because they change; each name links to the official page. A few places had a closure or conflicting notice on the day we checked, and we say so below.
National Park Service
The National Park Service lists these units in Georgia. Most Georgia units charge no entrance fee, but Cumberland Island, Fort Pulaski, Kennesaw Mountain and the Chattahoochee River area do; check each page for current prices.
| Place | Where | What it is | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville National Historic Site | Andersonville | Civil War prison camp site with a national cemetery and the National Prisoner of War Museum. | Our guide → |
| Appalachian National Scenic Trail | Georgia is the southern end of the route | About 2,190-mile footpath through 14 states. | Our guide → |
| Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | Sandy Springs and the Atlanta area | River corridor park for walking, rafting, fishing and picnicking, with historic mill ruins. | — |
| Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | Fort Oglethorpe (also Tennessee) | Civil War battlefields from the 1863 fight for Chattanooga; spans Georgia and Tennessee. | — |
| Cumberland Island National Seashore | St. Marys | Georgia’s largest and southernmost barrier island, reached by ferry, with beaches, maritime forest and designated Wilderness. | Our guide → |
| Fort Frederica National Monument | St. Simons Island | Ruins and archaeology of an 18th-century British fort built to defend Georgia against Spanish Florida. | — |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument | Cockspur Island, Savannah | Masonry coastal fort that fell to Union rifled cannon fire in the Civil War. | Our guide → |
| Jimmy Carter National Historical Park | Plains | Sites in Plains tied to the rural upbringing of the 39th President. | Our guide → |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | Kennesaw, Cobb County | 2,965-acre Civil War battlefield preserving the June–July 1864 fighting of the Atlanta Campaign. | Our guide → |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park | Atlanta (Auburn Avenue) | Dr. King’s birth home, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Fire Station No. 6 and the King tomb. | — |
| Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park | Macon | Prehistoric American Indian site with Mississippian-period mounds; became a national historical park on March 12, 2019. | Our guide → |
| Trail of Tears National Historic Trail | Georgia was a Cherokee homeland state on the route | Commemorates the forced removal of the Cherokee in 1838–1839. | — |
Georgia State Historic Sites
Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites runs these sites; admission and days of the week vary by site and season, and several close Mondays or Sundays in winter.
| Place | Where | What it is | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Vann House State Historic Site | Chatsworth, Murray County | Brick home completed in 1804 by Cherokee leader James Vann. | Our guide → |
| Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site | Dahlonega, Lumpkin County | Museum in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse on the first major U.S. gold rush. | Our guide → |
| Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site | Cartersville, Bartow County | Six earthen mounds, plaza and village of a Mississippian town (about 1000–1550 A.D.). | Our guide → |
| Fort King George State Historic Site | Darien, McIntosh County | Reconstructed British fort on the Altamaha River, garrisoned 1721–1727. | — |
| Fort Morris State Historic Site | Midway, Liberty County | Revolutionary War earthworks above the Medway River. | — |
| Hardman Farm State Historic Site | Sautee Nacoochee, White County | Italianate mansion (1870), dairy barn and mound near Helen. | — |
| Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site | Brunswick, Glynn County | Former Altamaha River rice plantation with antebellum home and marsh trail. | — |
| Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site | Juliette, Jones County | Preserved cotton plantation (house built 1847) with steam-powered sawmill, gin and gristmill. | — |
| Jefferson Davis Memorial State Historic Site | Fitzgerald, Irwin County | Marks where Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured in May 1865. | Our guide → |
| Lapham-Patterson House State Historic Site (also a National Historic Landmark) | Thomasville, Thomas County | Ornate Victorian winter home built 1884–85, named a National Historic Landmark in 1975. | Our guide → |
| New Echota State Historic Site | Calhoun, Gordon County | Former Cherokee capital (1825) with a reconstructed print shop, where the Trail of Tears removal began. | Our guide → |
| Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site | Dallas, Paulding County | Atlanta Campaign battlefield (May 27, 1864) with original earthworks and trails. | Our guide → |
| Robert Toombs House State Historic Site | Washington, Wilkes County | Home of Robert Toombs, Georgia lawmaker, U.S. Senator and Confederate general. | — |
| Roosevelt’s Little White House State Historic Site (also a National Historic Landmark) | Warm Springs, Meriwether County | FDR’s Warm Springs home, where he died April 12, 1945. The state page lists part of the historic area as closed for renovation, so check before you go. | Our guide → |
| Traveler’s Rest State Historic Site (also a National Historic Landmark) | Toccoa, Stephens County | Stagecoach inn and plantation home built around 1815; designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. | — |
| Wormsloe State Historic Site | Savannah, Chatham County | Colonial estate of Noble Jones with tabby ruins, museum and nature trail. | Our guide → |
Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia
The Georgia Encyclopedia lists Georgia’s Seven Natural Wonders; the list is traditional rather than set by law. Radium Springs is run by Dougherty County and Okefenokee by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
| Place | Where | What it is | More |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amicalola Falls | Dawsonville | North Georgia cascading waterfall, listed at 729 feet by the lodge and state tourism pages. | Our guide → |
| Okefenokee Swamp | Folkston and other entrances | Headwaters of the Suwannee and St. Marys rivers; refuge established in 1937. | Our guide → |
| Providence Canyon | Lumpkin, Stewart County | Canyon-like gullies up to about 150 feet deep created by 1800s farm erosion. | Our guide → |
| Radium Springs | Albany, Dougherty County | Large natural spring pumping about 70,000 gallons a minute of 68-degree water; maintained by Dougherty County. | — |
| Stone Mountain | Stone Mountain | 3,200-acre park around the granite mountain. | Our guide → |
| Tallulah Gorge | Tallulah Falls, Rabun County | Canyon about two miles long and nearly 1,000 feet deep. Scheduled water releases close the gorge floor on set dates. | Our guide → |
| Warm Springs | Warm Springs, Meriwether County | Historic spring-fed pools FDR used for polio therapy. The state’s pages disagree on whether the pools are open, so check first. | Our guide → |
More National Historic Landmarks
The National Park Service’s list page names 50 National Historic Landmarks in Georgia, with designation dates. Six are described elsewhere on this page: Etowah Mounds (designated July 19, 1964), New Echota (November 7, 1973), Lapham-Patterson House (November 7, 1973), Robert Toombs House (November 7, 1973), Traveler’s Rest (January 29, 1964) and the Warm Springs Historic District (January 16, 1980).
The other 44 are below, with the designation date the NPS list gives. Some NPS pages and mapping data show 49 or 48 for Georgia, so counts differ by source.
| Landmark | City | County | Designated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusia Farm | Milledgeville | Baldwin County | January 27, 2022 |
| Bellevue | LaGrange | Troup County | November 7, 1973 |
| Stephen Vincent Benét House | Augusta | Richmond County | November 11, 1971 |
| Calhoun Mine | Dahlonega | Lumpkin County | November 7, 1973 |
| Raines-Carmichael House | Macon | Bibb County | November 7, 1973 |
| Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal | Savannah | Chatham County | December 8, 1976 |
| Chieftains (Major Ridge Home) | Rome | Floyd County | November 7, 1973 |
| College Hill | Augusta | Richmond County | November 11, 1971 |
| Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District | Columbus | Muscogee County | June 2, 1978 |
| Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant | Atlanta | Fulton County | May 4, 1983 |
| Dorchester Academy Boys’ Dormitory | Midway | Liberty County | September 20, 2006 |
| Fort James Jackson | Savannah | Chatham County | February 16, 2000 |
| Fox Theatre | Atlanta | Fulton County | May 11, 1976 |
| Old Governor’s Mansion | Milledgeville | Baldwin County | July 11, 1973 |
| Henry W. Grady House | Athens | Clarke County | May 11, 1976 |
| Green-Meldrim House | Savannah | Chatham County | May 11, 1976 |
| Joel Chandler Harris House | Atlanta | Fulton County | December 19, 1962 |
| Johnston-Hay House (Hay House) | Macon | Bibb County | November 7, 1973 |
| Herndon Home | Atlanta | Fulton County | February 16, 2000 |
| Augusta Canal Industrial District | Augusta | Richmond County | December 22, 1977 |
| Jekyll Island Club (Jekyll Island Historic District) | Jekyll Island | Glynn County | June 2, 1978 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District | Atlanta | Fulton County | May 5, 1977 |
| Kolomoki Mounds | Blakely | Early County | July 19, 1964 |
| Liberty Hall | Crawfordville | Taliaferro County | May 4, 1983 |
| Juliette Gordon Low Historic District | Savannah | Chatham County | June 23, 1965 |
| Octagon House | Columbus | Muscogee County | November 7, 1973 |
| Old Medical College Building | Augusta | Richmond County | June 19, 1996 |
| Owens-Thomas House | Savannah | Chatham County | May 11, 1976 |
| Pine Mountain State Park | Pine Mountain | Harris County | September 26, 1997 |
| John Ross House | Rossville | Walker County | November 7, 1973 |
| St. Catherine’s Island | South Newport | Liberty County | December 16, 1969 |
| Savannah Historic District | Savannah | Chatham County | November 13, 1966 |
| William Scarbrough House | Savannah | Chatham County | November 7, 1973 |
| Springer Opera House | Columbus | Muscogee County | June 2, 1978 |
| Georgia State Capitol | Atlanta | Fulton County | November 7, 1973 |
| Stone Hall, Atlanta University | Atlanta | Fulton County | December 2, 1974 |
| Sweet Auburn Historic District | Atlanta | Fulton County | December 8, 1976 |
| Telfair Academy | Savannah | Chatham County | May 11, 1976 |
| Tupper-Barnett House | Washington | Wilkes County | November 7, 1973 |
| U.S. Post Office and Courthouse | Atlanta | Fulton County | July 21, 2015 |
| George Walton House (Meadow Garden) | Augusta | Richmond County | December 21, 1981 |
| Thomas E. Watson House | Thomson | McDuffie County | May 11, 1976 |
| Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home | Augusta | Richmond County | October 6, 2008 |
| Stallings Island (restricted access) | — | Columbia County | January 20, 1961 |
Names follow the National Park Service’s records. See the NPS list of National Historic Landmarks by state.
How we chose these places
- Included: units the National Park Service lists for Georgia, sites on the Georgia State Parks historic-sites list, and the Seven Natural Wonders list from the Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Also included: National Historic Landmarks, with city, county and designation date from National Park Service records.
- Not included yet: the other National Register places (about 2,200 listings in Georgia) and county and city landmarks.
- Counties: the National Park Service pages do not state a county, so we leave it blank rather than guess.
FAQ
What are the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia?
Amicalola Falls, Okefenokee Swamp, Providence Canyon, Radium Springs, Stone Mountain, Tallulah Gorge and Warm Springs, according to the Georgia Encyclopedia. The list is traditional, not set by statute.
How many National Park Service units are in Georgia?
We list 12 that the National Park Service attributes to Georgia, including two long trails (the Appalachian Trail and the Trail of Tears) and one park that spans Georgia and Tennessee. The NPS state page counts them slightly differently.
Which Georgia national park sites are free?
Andersonville, Fort Frederica, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ocmulgee Mounds list no entrance fee on their NPS pages. Cumberland Island, Fort Pulaski, Kennesaw Mountain and the Chattahoochee River area charge; check the NPS page for current amounts.
What historic sites does Georgia run?
Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites lists the 16 we show here, including New Echota, Etowah Indian Mounds, Wormsloe and Roosevelt’s Little White House.
Where did the Cherokee removal in Georgia begin?
The Georgia State Parks page for New Echota says the Trail of Tears removal began there; New Echota was the Cherokee capital from 1825.
How we checked this guide: Dates, hours, admission and parking prices, and access details were verified against the official sources listed below on . Operators change schedules and raise prices without notice, so confirm anything time-sensitive before you drive. The figures in this guide also feed our Georgia Attraction Transparency Index and Family Day-Out Cost Index.
Sources
- National Park Service: Georgia
- Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites
- Georgia Encyclopedia: Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
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