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Georgia Sports Hall of Fame

Attractions

Experience Macon!

Macon’s attractions spotlight culture, history, heritage, and fun.
1 The Allman Brothers Band Emancipation, Typhoid Fever, and the Boll Weevil.
Museum at the Big House Twenty original buildings with original furnishings
2321 Vineville Ave. • 478.741.5551 sit along a half-mile self-guided walking trail. Visitor
thebighousemuseum.org Center is , but not trail.
See the world’s largest collection of The Allman
Brothers Band memorabilia at their once-home- 6 John Drew Smith Tennis Center
turned-museum. Limited 3280 North Ingle Pl. • 478.954.6852
middlegeorgiatennis.com
2 Cannonball House & Museum
856 Mulberry St. • 478.745.5982 • cannonballhouse.org Twenty-four hard courts make this facility a tennis
lover’s dream. Named one of the top 25 public
Explore the only house in Macon hit and damaged municipal facilities in the nation by Tennis Magazine.
in the Civil War. See the Civil War museum and
furnishings from the Wesleyan College meeting 7 Lake Tobesofkee Recreation Area
rooms of Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Mu sororities. 6600 Moseley Dixon Rd. • 478.474.8770
Limited LakeTobo.MaconBibb.us
Enjoy fishing, camping, boating, tennis, and
3 Georgia Sports Hall of Fame swimming at one of Lake Tobesofkee’s three white
301 Cherry St. • 478.752.1585 • gshf.org sand beaches. Covered pavilions and playgrounds.
The largest state sports hall in America, the museum 8 Lane Southern Orchards
houses almost 4,000 artifacts, 14,000 square-feet of
exhibits, interactive game areas and a look into the 50 Lane Rd., Fort Valley, GA • 478.825.3592
lanesouthernorchards.com
lives of the 300-plus Hall of Fame inductees.
Visit the Roadside Market for sweet Georgia peaches
4 Hay House and pecans, farm fresh jams, jellies, home-made
934 Georgia Ave. • 478.742.8155 • hayhousemacon.org breads, Georgia wines and craft beers. Also U-pick
Featured on CSPAN’s “Cities Tour” the Hay House’s strawberries, blackberries and blueberries.
seven stories, 80-foot cupola, fine arts and a 9 Macon Mayhem
15-room speaker tube system combine to make this Macon Centreplex, 200 Coliseum Dr. • 478.803.1592
mansion a must-see attraction. Limited maconmayhem.com
5 Jarrell Plantation Ice hockey in Middle Georgia? You bet! The Macon
711 Jarrell Plantation Rd. • Juliette, GA 31064 Mayhem brings the action of the Southern
478.986.5172 • gastateparks.org/jarrellplantation Professional Hockey League (SPHL) to the Macon
This 1847 cotton plantation survived Civil War, Centreplex, October-April.
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