30 Parks or Recreation Areas Found in Georgia

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1. Allatoona Lake - Cartersville, GA  30120
   Allatoona Lake is one of the most frequently visited U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes in the nation. Located only 30 miles from Atlanta, more than 6...
2. Andersonville National Historic Site - Andersonville, GA  31711
   Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, was one of the largest of many Confederate military prisons established during the Civil War...
3. Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge - Folkston, GA  31637
   Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in Lanier County, near Lakeland, GA, as part of a much larger blackwater system. The refuge was ...
4. Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge - Savannah, GA  31405
   Blackbeard Island was acquired by the Navy Department at public auction in 1800 as a source of live oak timber for ship building. In 1924 the island ...
5. Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge - Round Oak, GA  31038
   Bond Swamp NWR, located 6 miles south of Macon, was established in 1989 to protect, maintain and enhance the forested wetland ecosystem of the Ocmulge...
6. Carters Lake - Oakman, GA  30732
   Carters Lake Project is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. Carters Lake is one of the most scenic lakes in the Southeast. L...
7. Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area - Atlanta, GA  30350
   ?It?s one of the most beautiful places in our country, extremely valuable to all those who know it, who live near it, and who appreciate the quiet and...
8. Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests - Gainesville, GA  30501
   Located in north and central Georgia are the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests. Georgia's national forests are said to be a hiker's paradise. Wi...
9. Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park - Fort Oglethorpe, GA  30742
   Between 1890 and 1899 the Congress of the United States authorized the establishment of the first four national military parks: Chickamauga and Chatta...
10. Cumberland Island National Seashore - Saint Marys, GA  31558
    Cumberland Island is 17.5 miles long and totals 36,415 acres of which 16,850 are marsh, mud flats, and tidal creeks. It is well known for its sea turt...
11. Fort Frederica National Monument - Saint Simons Island, GA  31522
    In the early 18th century, the land lying between British South Carolina and Spanish Florida was known as the debatable land. This land (which we cal...
12. Fort Pulaski National Monument - Savannah, GA  31410
    The defining events of Fort Pulaski occurred during the American Civil War. In April of 1862, Union troops directed rifled cannon fire at the fort bre...
13. George W. Andrews Lake - Fort Gaines, GA  31751
    Lake George W. Andrews is located on the Chattahoochee River above Columbia, Alabama. Centered on the border between Alabama and Georgia, just above ...
14. Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary - Savannah, GA  31411
    Modern day Gray's Reef comprises one of the largest nearshore sandstone reefs in the southeastern United States. Named in recognition of Milton B. Gra...
15. Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge - Savannah, GA  31405
    Harris Neck NWR was established in 1962 by transfer of federal lands formerly managed by the Federal Aviation Administration as a WWII Army airfield. ...
16. Hartwell Lake - Hartwell, GA  30643
    This lake in the upstate region of Georgia and South Carolina has a reputation as an excellent location for all types of outdoor recreational activiti...
17. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw, GA  30152
    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 N...
18. Lake Sidney Lanier - Buford, GA  30518
    Over the years recreation has grown by leaps and bounds to nearly 7 million visitors annually at Lake Sidney Lanier. Today recreation is an important ...
19. NARA's Southeast Region - Atlanta, GA - East Point, GA  30344
    Genealogy Research The Atlanta facility has extensive microfilm holdings of value for genealogy research, among them: Federal population censuses f...
20. New Savannah Bluff Lock And Dam - Augusta, GA  30906
21. Ocmulgee National Monument - Macon, GA  31217
    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 ...
22. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - Folkston, GA  31537
    Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee NWR, located about 11 miles southwest of Folkston, was established in 1937 to preserve the 438,000 acr...
23. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge - Round Oak, GA  31038
    Piedmont NWR is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms and in scattered upla...
24. Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge - Round Oak, GA  31038
    Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge is primarily an upland forest dominated by loblolly pine on the ridges with hardwoods found along the creek bottoms ...
25. Richard B Russell Dam And Lake - Elberton, GA  30635
    The Corps' newest lake project on the Savannah River, lying between J. Strom Thurmond Lake to the south and Hartwell Lake to the north, Russell is one...
26. Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve - Sapelo Island, GA  31327
    Sapelo Island is the fourth largest Georgia barrier island and one of the most pristine. The reserve is made up of salt marshes, maritime forests and ...
27. Walter F. George Lake - Fort Gaines, GA  31751
    Walter F. George Lake is a 45,000 acre lake located on the Chattahoocee River between the states of Alabama and Georgia. This area is rich in history...
28. Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge - Savannah, GA  31405
    Wassaw Island, one of Georgia's coastal barrier islands, was designated a National Wildlife Refuge on October 20, 1969. Unlike many of Georgia's Gold...
29. West Point Lake - West Point, GA  31833
    Designed as a recreation demonstration project, this lake has fishing piers for the handicapped and other special features. Fishing is probably the mo...
30. Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge - Savannah, GA  31405
    Wolf Island NWR, located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Darien, Georgia in McIntosh County, was established on April 3, 1930 to provide prote...