Top Places to See and Things to Do in Georgia

Thinking about visiting Georgia? You’ll find this list of places to see in Georgia extremely useful! It’s a great list of things to do and places to see when you visit Georgia, and each link below will take you to the best online resource for information about that destination. It’s an easy one-page guide to the Peach State!

1. Stone Mountain Park is Georgia’s most visited attraction – don’t miss the laser show.
2. Callaway Gardens is an award-winning, 13,000-acre collection of gardens.
3. Check out Helen, GA.
4. Enjoy the country as you ride the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway.
5. The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the world’s largest aquarium (8+ million gallons of water and 120,000 fish).
6. Southern hospitality is still a way of life in Washington-Wilkes.
7. The Pebble Hill Plantation dates to 1825.
8. See a full size replica of a T-Rex at the Tellus Science Museum.
9. Visit Anna Ruby Falls, located in the Chattahoochee National Forest.
10. Spend a fun day in Atlanta with your kids!
11. Enjoy nature at Unicoi State Park.
12. Learn history at the Atlanta History Center and visit the home of the author of Gone With the Wind.
13. Meinhardt Vineyards and Winery is a hidden treasure with free wine tastings.
14. American Style magazine calls Savannah one of the best cities for the arts.
15. Established in 1946, Okefenokee Swamp Park offers lily pad waterways and outdoor beauty.
16. Walk the historic streets surrounding the charming down town area in Madison, GA.
17. Tiger Mountain Vineyards is up on a hillside on the North Georgia mountains.
18. The Museum of Aviation has more than 100 aircraft and missiles.
19. Savannah by Foot offers learning opportunities about this historic city.
20. Tour the Capitol building and the history museum inside.
21. Forsyth Park in historic Savannah is one beautiful park.
22. Check out the Tybee Island Lighthouse and museum.
23. Altamaha Coastal Tours offers kayaking near St. Simons, Tybee Island and Savannah.
24. The “South’s Largest Water Fight” takes place each year at the Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade.
25. Tour Howard Finster’s Pardise Garden in Summerville.
26. Pick some fresh peaches in Georgia!
27. The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains, GA offers a bit of history about Jimmy Carter.
28. Visit the Savannah City Market.
29. Check out the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, now a National Historic Landmark in Savannah.
30. Centennial Olympic Park is a public park in Atlanta used in the 1996 summer Olympics
31. The historic Jekyll Island Club Hotel on the Georgia Coast once hosted the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts.
32. The Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in the state of Georgia.
33. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island is really fun.
34. Kayak on the Chattahoochee River.
35. Visit the Chattahoochee National Forest.
36. Hike the Silver Comet Trail in western Georgia.
37. Check out the Ocmulgee National Monument.
38. Enjoy nature at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge near Folkston.
39. Andersonville National Historic Site is a memorial to all prisoners of war through the nation’s history.
40. Georgia is home to many wonderful State Parks.
41. Walk the 11 mile trail at Ocmulgee Heritage Trail Gateway Park and see a statue of Otis Redding.
42. There is so much to see and do in Savannah Georgia!
43. The city of Claxton has been making quality Fruit Cakes for more than a century!
44. The Atlanta Beltline is a former railway line through Atlanta, and is now a beautiful walking and biking trail with parks.
45. The Atlanta Zoo has 1,500 different species of animals, and carnivorous plants!
46. Go to Atlanta, Georgia, and visit the house where Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With The Wind.
47. The City of Madison was so beautiful that General Sherman spared it in his destructive “March to the Sea” during the Civil War.
48. Visit the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta!
49. Learn about MLK’s fight against racism at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.
50. See a variety of Musical and theatrical shows, and motion pictures, at the iconic Fox Theatre, in Atlanta Georgia.
51. See Indian Mounds, and other artifacts at the Etowah Indian Monuds Historic Site.
52. Choose from hundreds of stores at the Mall of Georgia, in Buford.
53. The Vidalia Onion Festival has been going on or 37 years, and includes music and other events.
54. Athens is home to the Georgia Museum of Art, the State’s foremost Art Museum.
55. See the Historic Oakland Cemetery where many famous GA residents and Civil War vets are buried.
56. Splash in the Boro is a family water park located in Statesboro, GA.
57. The Dekalb Farmers Market in Decautur serves 100,000 people every week!
58. If you are a skateboarder or BMX biker check out Skate Park of Athens.
59. Take the kids to the farm, and feed hens, pigs, sheep and cows at Hunter Cattle Company.
60. Check out Mistletoe State Park near Augusta.
61. Tanglewood Farm just may be the best miniature farm in Georgia.
62. Visit the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
63. Sea Island has one of the best Golf Resorts in the USA.
64. The Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary has bears, big cats, and other primates.
65. Georgia has many great beaches, with Tybee and Amelia Island being some of the best.
66. The Atlanta Botanical Garden has 30 acres of flowers and plants for your viewing pleasure.
67. Learn about the history of trains in Georgia, at Savannah’s Georgia State Railroad Museum.
68. Tour the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville.
69. Chehaw is a fun outdoor camping area.
70. If you’re in Savannah at the beginning of the month, check out First Friday Fireworks.
71. The Big Oak, is a huge live oak tree in Thomasville, GA, circa 1680.
72. Tour Old Fort Jackson, a well-preserved fort along the Savannah River built in 1808.
73. While you visit Albany, GA, stop in and check out the Ray Charles Plaza and fountain.
74. Walk around Downtown Dalton.
75. Phinizy Swamp Nature Park is a 1,100 acre park in Augusta with lots of beautiful views.
76. Every March in downtown Fitzgerald, GA check out the Fitzgerald’s Wild Chicken Festival.
77. In Valdosta, GA you can enjoy a water park, animal park, and theme park at Wild Adventures Theme Park.
78. Check out the Augusta Canal by walking or bicycling along it, or take a canoe or kayak.
79. One of the countries few remaining drive in theaters is Starlight Six Drive-In Theatre.
80. The Floyd E.C.O. Center is a place with aquariums featuring fish, turtles, and frogs.
81. Tour the Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site.
82. Tallulah Gorge State Park in northeastern Georgia is a beautiful park for hiking.
83. Cool River Tubing provides awesome tubing down the Chattahoochee River.
84. Check out the fun kids activities at Butts Mill Farm like miniature golf, pumpkin patches, and slides.
85. Kolomoki Mounds State Park was a large Indian site from 350 to 750 A.D. and is now a great place for fishing and boating, as well as camping.
86. Visit Bonaventure Cemetery, one of the most famous cemetery’s in Savannah, GA.
87. If you’re in northern Georgia, you can hop on over to Chattanooga in Tennessee for good sightseeing
88. Check out the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta to learn a little bit about flight history