Butts Mill Farm is an 80-acre fully operational farm originally established in the 1830s. Visitors can see the Old Grist Mill and covered bridge, and enjoy inner tube and go kart riding, a petting farm, pony rides, volleyball, miniature golf, hay rides and horseshoes.
Butts Mill Farm
2280 Butts Mill Road
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-663-7400
buttsmillfarm.com
Callaway Gardens is a 35,000-square-foot complex on 13,000 acres in the Appalachian Mountains. It is home to the world's largest azalea display, two 18-hole golf courses, a 10-mile bike trail, a tropical butterfly conservatory and a greenhouse complex with a 22-foot waterfall and more than 20,000 square feet of indoor floral displays. On Labor Day weekend, it hosts the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival.
Callaway Gardens
U.S. Highway 18
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-663-2281
800-CALLAWAY
callawaygardens.com
This 9,049-acre state park is Georgia's largest and boasts the excellent 23-mile Pine Mountain Trail, year-round boating and fishing on the 15-acre Lake Delano and summer swimming in Liberty Bell Pool. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) program built many of its facilities.
F.D. Roosevelt State Park
2970 Ga. Highway 190
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-663-4858
800-864-7275
gastateparks.org
Visitors can see, feed and touch hundreds of animals, including the alligator, antelope, black bear, buffalo, camel, capuchin, coatimundi, elk, giraffe, hyena, kangaroo, liger, lion, rhinoceros, tiger, wolf and zebra.
Pine Mountain Wild Animal Safari
1300 Oak Grove Road
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-663-8744
animalsafari.com
Franklin Delano Roosevelt came to Warm Springs for warm water treatments for his paralysis. The six-room Little White House was where he stayed during his visits. The house looks much like it did on April 12, 1945, the day he died there.
Roosevelt's Little White House Historic Site
401 Little White House Road
Warm Springs, GA 31830
706-655-5870
fdr-littlewhitehouse.org
This stable provides old-fashioned horseback riding on more than 28 miles of marked horse trails winding through the picturesque F.D. Roosevelt State Park. It offers guided tours, one-hour rides and overnight rides, and is certified for badges by the Girl Scouts Association.
Roosevelt Stables
F. D. Roosevelt State Park
1063 Group Camp Road
Pine Mountain, GA 31822
706-628-7463
rooseveltstables.com
