Georgia's Classic Heartland is at the center of the state.

Cities

• 1 Athens — college town home of the University of Georgia
• 2 Augusta — home of the Masters Annual Golf Tournament
• 3 Columbus — Georgia's third largest city and home to the original Coca-Cola
• 4 Fort Valley
• 5 LaGrange — old mill town in West Georgia. Gateway to Lake West Point and home to LaGrange College.
• 6 Macon — city in the middle of the state, famous for the Cherry Blossom Festival
• 7 Milledgeville — historic city and former capital of Georgia
• 8 Warner Robins
• 9 Warm Springs (Georgia).  

Other destinations

• Eufaula National Wildlife Refugee
• Florence Marina State Park
• Little White House — in Warm Springs where Franklin D Roosevelt once lived
• Callaway Gardens — resort in Pine Mountain
• Providence Canyon State Park
• Rock Eagle and Rock Hawk Effigy Mounds
• 1 Oconee National Forest

Understand

Classic Heartland of Georgia
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D       0.2 4.2     57 33       0 4.4     61 36       0.1 4.6     69 42       3     76 48       2.7     83 58       4.1     89 66       5     92 69       4.1     90 69       3.6     85 63       2.8     76 51       3.3     68 42       4     59 35 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation+Snow totals in inches
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D       5.1 107     14 1       0 112     16 2       2.5 117     21 6       76     24 9       69     28 14       104     32 19       127     33 21       104     32 21       91     29 17       71     24 11       84     20 6       102     15 2 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation+Snow totals in mm

Get in

Augusta Regional Airport (AGS ^IATA), Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN ^IATA).

See

• 1 Callaway Gardens, toll-free: +1-800-852-3810. A 6,500-acre resort complex and garden located just outside Columbus. 
• 2 Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton Street, ☏ +1 706 542-4662. Tues,W, Fri, Sa 10AM-5PM, Thur 10AM-9PM, Su 1PM-5PM.. Located on the University of Georgia's south campus, the Georgia Museum of Art offers a small, permanent collection focused on American painting as well as Wednesday night film screenings and other traveling exhibits. Free. 
• 3 Little White House, 401 Little White House Road Warm Springs, GA 31830, ☏ +1 706-655-5870. 9 AM–4:45 PM. The personal retreat of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (updated Apr 2016)
• Museum of Aviation, GA Hwy 247 & Russell Pkwy, ☏ +1 478-926-6870. 9AM-5PM daily. Free. (updated Sep 2015)
• National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus. This 40,000 square foot facility features two original Civil War military vessels, uniforms, equipment and weapons used by the Union and Confederate navies. Interactive exhibits, including a Confederate ironclad ship simulator, offer the visitor an opportunity to experience 19th century naval combat first hand. On Victory Drive just below downtown. 
• Old Governor's Mansion. (updated Oct 2015)

Go next

• Historic High Country
• Metro Atlanta
• Plantation Midlands