Does your library’s front desk staff know you by your first name? Maybe it’s time to get out more and explore Peach State history. Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites are amazing because they have all types of historical categories. From early indigenous tribes at Kolomoki Mounds State Park to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Warm Spring’s home and everything in between, you can satisfy that desire to learn more at any of the sites below.
A.H. Stephens State Park
- Civil War museum
- Cottages and campsites
- Equestrian trails and campsites
- Annual Christmas light display
- Historic home tours
Fort McAllister State Park
- Best-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy
- Cannons, hot shot furnace, bombproof barracks and palisades
- Civil War Museum
- Lowcountry scenery and trails
- Fishing
Hamburg State Park
- 1920s gristmill and ginning house
- Fishing
- Wildlife
- Shaded campground
Kolomoki Mounds State Park
- Ancient Indian mounds and museum
- Oldest and largest woodland Indian site in the Southeast
- Fishing lake
- Walking trails
Sweetwater Creek State Park
- Civil War-era textile mill ruins
- Popular hiking trails
- Visitor Center
- Birding
- Glamping yurts
Historic Sites for History Buffs include:
- Chief Vann House State Historic Site
- Dahlonega Gold Museum State Historic Site
- Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site
- Fort King George State Historic Site
- Fort Morris State Historic Site
- Hardman Farm State Historic Site
- Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site
- Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site
- New Echota State Historic Site
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
- Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site
- Traveler's Rest State Historic Site
- Wormsloe State Historic Site
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