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iscover an outdoor paradise in Georgia’s Plantation Trace
Travel Region, where the lakes teem with fish, the woods
D and fields are alive with wildlife, and rivers flow steadily
across the landscape.
Outdoor activities have always been African black rhinos and other exotic
important in southwest Georgia. animal exhibits within a natural
Launch your boat at George T. cypress swamp habitat at the nearby
Bagby State Park on Lake Walter F. Chehaw Park. The park also features a
George in Fort Gaines or at Seminole BMX bicycle motocross track, disc golf,
State Park on Lake Seminole in mountain bike trails, as well as RV and
Donalsonville. Look for gopher tent camping. PLANTATION TRACE
tortoises, “buzzards,” and an
abundance of other wildlife at Reed Flint RiverQuarium – Albany
Bingham State Park near Adel; hike
through the serene cypress swamp, Treat yourself to juicy peaches, Throughout the Plantation Trace
or boat, ski, or fish on the 375-acre tomatoes and, yes, melons at Mark’s area, you’ll find quail plantations,
lake. Stephen C. Foster State Park in Melon Patch in Sasser. It is definitely some open to the public. Most offer
Fargo is the western gateway to the a site to see in October when the horseback riding, skeet shooting,
Okefenokee Swamp. sunflower field is full of stunning fishing, and hiking.
Explore Albany’s Flint RiverQuarium sunflowers, pumpkins galore, music, Tifton’s Georgia Museum of
and its 175,000-gallon, 22-foot deep, face painting, and the famous Agriculture and Historic Village brings
open-air Blue Hole that showcases the homemade ice cream. Take the kids Georgia’s 19th-century rural heritage
Flint River ecosystem. Or get a close on an agricultural tour to see where to life with costumed interpreters who
look at flamingos, zebras, cheetahs, Camping their food comes from. make it a “living museum.”
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