# Road trips in Georgia > 5 road trips and 18 hand-picked places in Georgia, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/georgia/ 5 road trips and 18 hand-picked places in Georgia, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Georgia - [Georgia’s Golden Isles and the Okefenokee](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-golden-isles/): Marshes, live oaks and barrier islands south of Savannah, ending in the Okefenokee Swamp. - [North Georgia waterfalls and gold country](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b10-north-georgia-mountains/): From Atlanta to Georgia’s tallest waterfall, a gold-rush town, an Alpine village and a deep gorge. - [Northwest Georgia: Kennesaw to Cloudland Canyon and Chickamauga](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-nw-georgia/): Civil War battlefields, ancient Native American mounds and a deep sandstone canyon on Lookout Mountain, all within a few hours of Atlanta. - [Southwest Georgia: Warm Springs, Providence Canyon and Plains](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b20-sw-georgia/): Two presidents and a colorful canyon in rural Georgia: FDR’s Little White House, Providence Canyon, Jimmy Carter’s Plains and the Andersonville prison site. - [Lowcountry: Charleston to Savannah](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/lowcountry/): Spanish moss, marsh islands and two of the South’s most beautiful old cities. ## Places worth the detour in Georgia - [Driftwood Beach](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-driftwood-beach/): Bleached, uprooted oaks and pines scattered across the sand on Jekyll’s north end. Come at low tide and sunrise for the best light and room to walk. - [Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-okefenokee/): The east entrance of the vast Okefenokee refuge, with a wildlife drive, a boardwalk to an observation tower and boat trips among alligators and cypress. - [Amicalola Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-amicalola-falls/): Georgia’s tallest waterfall, a 729-foot cascade with stairs and a paved path to a footbridge across it. The approach trail to the Appalachian Trail starts here. - [Brasstown Bald](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-brasstown-bald/): Georgia’s highest point at 4,784 feet, with a tower giving views into four states. A steep paved trail or a shuttle climbs the last half mile from the parking lot. - [Tallulah Gorge State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-tallulah-gorge/): A two-mile gorge nearly 1,000 feet deep with rim overlooks and a suspension bridge above the river. Gorge-floor permits are limited and handed out daily. - [Cloudland Canyon State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-cloudland-canyon/): A deep sandstone gorge on the west side of Lookout Mountain, with rim overlooks steps from the parking lot and a staircase trail of about 600 steps down to two waterfalls. Parking fee; the campground is popular in autumn. - [Providence Canyon State Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-providence-canyon/): Georgia’s “Little Grand Canyon”: gullies up to 150 feet deep, eroded into pink, orange and purple soils after poor farming in the 1800s. Rim views from the parking lot; the canyon floor trail is often muddy. - [Forsyth Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/forsyth-park/): Live oaks hung with Spanish moss and an 1858 fountain at the south end of Savannah's historic squares. - [Fort King George](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-fort-king-george/): A reconstructed 1720s British blockhouse fort on the Altamaha River, the oldest English fort site on the Georgia coast. A short marsh trail runs behind it. - [St. Simons Lighthouse](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-st-simons-lighthouse/): A 104-foot lighthouse from 1872 next to the village pier; climb the 129 steps for views over St. Simons Sound and Jekyll Island. - [Jekyll Island Historic District](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-jekyll-historic-district/): Gilded Age “cottages” of the millionaires’ Jekyll Island Club under live oaks. Jekyll charges a daily parking fee at the causeway. - [Anna Ruby Falls](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b10-anna-ruby-falls/): Twin waterfalls where two creeks meet, reached by a paved half-mile trail through the forest above Unicoi State Park. - [Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-kennesaw-mountain/): Site of a June 1864 battle of the Atlanta Campaign, with earthworks, cannon and a summit view of the Atlanta skyline. A daily entrance pass is needed to park; the summit road is closed to private cars, so ride the free shuttle or walk up. - [Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-etowah-mounds/): Earthen mounds built by Mississippian people between about 1000 and 1550, including a 63-foot platform mound you can climb. A small museum displays carved marble figures found here; admission is charged. - [Chickamauga Battlefield](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-chickamauga/): The largest unit of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, with a 7-mile tour road past hundreds of monuments from the September 1863 battle. Free; start at the visitor center on US-27. - [Roosevelt’s Little White House](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-little-white-house/): The cottage where Franklin D. Roosevelt came for polio treatment and where he died in April 1945, kept as he left it. A museum shows his car and wheelchair; the historic pools are in the village below. - [Jimmy Carter National Historical Park](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-jimmy-carter-nhp/): The former Plains High School, now the visitor center, tells the story of the 39th president; the railroad depot that served as his campaign office and his boyhood farm are nearby. Free; the farm is 2 miles west. - [Andersonville National Historic Site](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b20-andersonville/): Site of the Civil War prison camp where nearly 13,000 Union soldiers died, with the National Prisoner of War Museum and a national cemetery. Free; a tour road circles the prison site and reconstructed stockade corners. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Georgia?** Popular routes include Georgia’s Golden Isles and the Okefenokee, North Georgia waterfalls and gold country, Northwest Georgia: Kennesaw to Cloudland Canyon and Chickamauga and Southwest Georgia: Warm Springs, Providence Canyon and Plains. CampingSpirit has 5 trip guides that pass through Georgia, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Georgia are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Driftwood Beach, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee Canal, Amicalola Falls, Brasstown Bald, Tallulah Gorge State Park and Cloudland Canyon State Park.