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Providence Canyon

The Chattahoochee River
certainly helps define this region.
The river flows into West Point
Lake near LaGrange, offering
more than 500 miles of shoreline,
championship fishing, and other
recreational and water activities.
One of the communities bordered
GEORGIA WEST County, which offers the paved Flat Rock Park in Columbus WIld animal safari
by the river is Franklin, in Heard
Old Town Chattahoochee Greenway
GEORGIA
Trail for bicycling, walking, running
and other non-motorized activities.
WEST Rivers of adventure, flowing with history Another access point to the 22-mile RiverWalk that parallels the
Chattahoochee River is Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee. Columbus – home
to the “Longest Urban Whitewater
Bend State Park in Newnan, a haven
for paddlers, campers and anglers. A
Course in the World” – offers
boat ramp provides easy access to the
and zip lining across the river to the
water, while wooded trails are open high-thrill activities such as rafting
est Georgia consists of 20 beautiful counties that two for hiking and nature photography. neighboring state of Alabama, but
U.S. presidents chose to call home. Its attractions include Heard County’s Riverside Park and also has low-key adventures including
W acres of pristine forests and fields, lakes filled to the Snake Creek Park have boat ramps flat water paddling, fishing,
and fishing areas in West Point Lake.
brim with fish, miles of trails, and newfangled amusements such Leaving West Point Lake, the river and the wildlife trails, wetlands,
and natural history exhibits of
as whitewater rafting, zip lining, and tubing on the Chattahoochee winds its way to Columbus, where Oxbow Meadows Environmental
River in Columbus. you can stroll, bike or skate on the Learning Center.
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