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PRESIDENTIAL P A THW A YS
PRESIDENTIAL PATHWAYS
Lake Blackshear Resort & Golf CLub
Relax in West Central Georgia
Where Presidents Sported
West Central Georgia is known second home at Warm Springs and
as the Presidential Pathways Carter continues to spend time in
region, the home and heritage site
of two U.S. presidents – Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Jimmy and fields, miles of trails, and lakes
Carter. Roosevelt established his
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PRESIDENTIAL P A THW A YS
Golfers will find resort pampering Canyon State Recreation Area in
Equipment Rental
in this region, both on the links Lumpkin offer ample opportunities Private, Semi or Public Restaurant/Lounge
Clubhouse
and off. The Presidential Pathways for hiking, fishing, swimming, USGA Rating Yardage Greens Fee Driving Range On-Site Golf Pro Caddy Service Pro-Shop Showers/Lockers Lodging
region is home to the courses at the boating and picnicking. Views range Golf Course (Alphabetically) Par Slope Holes Wi-Fi
famed Callaway Gardens resort in from mountaintop vistas of serene Beaver Lake Golf & Country Club, Gay Pu 72 6672 18 20 Y Y Y N Y N Y N/Y N
Pine Mountain, a former Golf Digest valleys, to expansive lakeshores, to
“Places to Play” Four-Star Winner. a colorful ravine tagged as Georgia’s Brickyard Plantation Golf Club & RV Park, Sp 108 129 70.5 6448 27 $ Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
Another Four-Star course is Little Grand Canyon. Americus Pu 72 126 70.8 6480 36 $ Y Y N N Y N Y Y
Georgia Veterans Memorial Golf
Birders flock to this region
and Golf Club. The Denis Griffiths- sites and +260 species of birds Cabin Creek Golf Club, Griffin Pr 72 119 70.3 6780 18 $$ Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N N N Y Y Y N N Y Y N Y N N Y Y Y PRESIDENTIAL PATHWAYS
Course in Cordele, part of Georgia
because our Presidential Pathways
Bull Creek Golf Course, Columbus
includes some of the 30 observation
State Parks’ Lake Blackshear Resort
& 120 & 69.4 & 6420
on the Southern Rivers Birding
$
designed course rests quietly on
the shores of the lake, and expertly
Trail whose trail maps and lists
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are available at the state’s Visitor
Callaway Gardens - Lake View, Pine Mountain
Pu
6051
68.6
18
placed mounds, water hazards, and
Information Centers.
plenty of sand bunkers define the
7057
Callaway Gardens - Mountain View, Pine Mountain Pu
$$
72 136
18
73.9
holes and enhance the challenge.
Cultural opportunities,
You’ll find other stellar courses in
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dining can be found in Columbus, as
well as rollicking fun rafting down
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2857
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Sp
Cedars Golf & Country Club, Zebulon
Beyond the Links
Columbus, Americus and LaGrange. museums, shopping and refined Cedar Creek Golf & Country Club, Buena Vista Sp 36 120 34.2 3255 9 $ $ Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y
the longest urban whitewater course
If your free time in the in the world, or ziplining across the
Country Club of Columbus, Columbus Pr 72 142 73.5 6957 18 $$ Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
Presidential Pathways region Chattahoochee River.
involves more than golf, four state From Cordele or Plains,
parks in the region - F.D. Roosevelt experience cypress swamps, scenic The Fields at Rosemont, LaGrange Pu 72 128 72.1 6644 18 $ Y Y Y N Y Y
his hometown of Plains, and it’s no State Park in Pine Mountain, country farms, and pecan orchards Green Island Country Club, Columbus Pr 71 138 71.6 6380 18 $$ Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y
wonder. The acres of pristine forest Florence Marina State Park in from the comfort of antique rail
Omaha, Georgia Veterans State passenger cars along the 68-mile Griffin Bell Golf & Conference Center, Americus Pr 68.9 120 68.9 6096 18 $ Y Y Y N Y Y Y N
brimming with fish are exquisite! Park in Cordele, and Providence SAM Shortline route.
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