Piedmont

Piedmont is a region in the state of Georgia. This region includes the Metro Atlanta Region.

Counties

Metro Atlanta Counties

Cherokee - includes Lake Alatoona
Henry - location of the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton.
Rockdale - includes Conyers, famous for horse races and the annual cherry blossom festival.
Cowetta - includes Newman.
Forsyth - includes Cumming.
Paulding - includes Dallas.
Spalding - includes Griffin.
Barrow
Bartow - includes Cartersville and the Etowah Mounds.
Carroll - includes Carrolton, Villa Rica, and Mt. Zion
Douglas - rolling hills at the south end of the Appalachians, includes Douglasville and Sweetwater Creek State Park.
Newton - includes Covington
Walton - includes the historic village of Social Circle.
Haralson
Butts
Meriwether - includes Warm Springs, the location of FDR's Little White House.
Pike
Lamar
Jasper
Heard

Other counties

Banks
Clarke - includes Athens.
Elbert
Franklin
Greene
Hall - includes Gainesville and Lake Lanier Islands.
Hart - Lake Hartwell.
Jackson - includes Jefferson.
Madison
Morgan
Oconee
Oglethorpe
Troup

Cities

Athens - College town home of the University of Georgia.

Other destinations

Lake Lanier Islands

Understand

Get in

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the primary domestic and international airport that serves the Metro Atlanta Region.

Get around

See

Georgia Aquarium The largest aquarium in the world with tens of thousands of animals in 8 million gallons of water. M-Su 9AM-6PM; $26.00 (adult); $19.50 (child age 3-12); $21.50 (senior age 55+).

Do

The Forum- shopping center is an outdoor mall!

Stay safe

Go next

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