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RECRE ATION
Outside
IN THE GOLDEN ISLES
et out on the freshwater and
tidal rivers, beaches, and ocean,
natural and paved trails, historic
Gsites, and so much more!
Altama Plantation Wildlife Disc Golf Courses – Feel the
Management Area – Make a splash coastal breezes as you play with friends
in Georgia’s Amazon, the Altamaha on the Gascoigne Park
River and its 3,900+ acres of wildlife or North Glynn Complex disc Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State
management area. Enjoy fishing golf courses. Bring a picnic Historic Site – Admire beautiful family
and hunting opportunities, trails, for after play. No fees. heirlooms and see traces of a once-
wildlife viewing, and a restored vast rice field and a dairy operation.
native garden originally Driftwood Beach – On Jekyll Island’s Seven 19th-century buildings remain
planted by Cator Woolford, north end overlooking the St. Simons on the serene property graced with
founder of Equifax, in Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, witness shade by towering live oaks. Follow the
the 1930s. nature’s power, where centuries of stories of enslaved and
erosion have left starkly beautiful later freed people of African
Cannon’s Point Preserve – petrified oak trees emerging ancestry interwoven with the
See rare intact maritime forest on a from the sand. It is a favorite people of European descent.
protected St. Simons Island peninsula spot for photographers and
with six miles of salt marsh, tidal creek consistently ranks among Jekyll Island Trails – Pedal along
and river shoreline. Look for oysters, ‘Best Beaches’ accolades. the coastline, veer off into the
birds, fish, even a possible manatee. woods and marshes, and emerge
View shell middens dating to Gould’s Inlet – Kayak or paddle board, for lunch at the Beach Village. Miles
2500 BCE and the remains bring fishing gear, or enjoy some of multi-use trails wind around Jekyll
of a plantation home. Open birdwatching. The Back River flows from Island, connecting hotels, shops and
Saturday to Monday 9 am the marshes to the Atlantic restaurants, and the historic
to 3 pm. Ocean on the north end of district via primitive and
St. Simons Island’s beach at paved sections. Bike
Gould’s Inlet. rentals are available.
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