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All Out in West Georgia

“The colors will remind you of Bryce Canyon
National Park. Easy to just stop and take in the
overlooks or take a trail and see more.”
BEAUTIFUL REGIONAL SCENERY
Sometimes the ride is as important
as the destination. Whether you tour
by motorcycle or travel by car, west
PLAINS, GEORGIA & central Georgia is the place to go just to
JIMMY CARTER NATIONAL explore. Along the region’s backroads
HISTORIC PARK are delightful town squares, treasured
Explore the rural, Southern culture that vintage architecture, antiques shops, local
influenced America’s 39th president, Jimmy restaurants, intriguing museums, and miles
Carter. The Jimmy Carter National Historical of rural scenery that varies from mountain
Park in Plains includes Plains High School forests to valley fields. There are plenty of
(visitor center and museum), the Plains opportunities to stop for a photo op, or just
Depot, and Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm. sit back and enjoy the ride.
( outdoors only) Enjoy the curvy roads and spectacular
300 N. Bond St., Plains, GA 31780 scenery of GA 190 as you wind through FDR
229.824.4104 • nps.gov/jimmycarter State Park, Pine Mountain, and Callaway
Gardens. Stop for a picnic at Dowdell’s Knob,
where FDR grilled out and enjoyed the view.
“…so much information, pics, and artifacts from Venture to Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge,
Jimmy Carter’s life from childhood to the White Georgia’s oldest and longest covered bridge,
House and the years since!” just off GA 74/85 near Woodbury. Explore
PROVIDENCE CANYON the shopping enclave of Warm Springs,
Georgia, and visit FDR’s Little White House
OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA while you’re there.
The pink, orange, red, and purple hues of
the soil at Georgia’s “Little Grand Canyon”
make a beautiful natural painting at this
quiet park. A testament to the power of
man’s influence on the land, massive gullies
as deep as 150 feet were caused simply by
poor farming practices during the 1800s.
Today they make for some of the prettiest
photographs in the state. The rare plumleaf
azalea grows only in this region and blooms
during July and August when most azaleas
have lost their color. ( on leash)
8930 Canyon Rd., Lumpkin, GA 31815
229.838.6202
gastateparks.org/ProvidenceCanyon
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