Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon" near Lumpkin, where bad farming carved gorges of vivid red, orange, and white sandstone — wildflower-lined rim trails and a canyon-floor loop.
Road trips · Georgia
Georgia road trips & hidden gems.
The stops worth changing a travel day for in Georgia — crowd-voted gems, events worth traveling for, and the public golf you can actually book. Curated by Roamward, the scenic road-trip planner.
Happening in Georgia
World Cup 2026
Barely two dozen marquee events hit the whole country in a year — and Georgia has one this June. Roamward builds the trip around it: the scenic route in, the detours worth a slack day, and when rooms sell out.
Hidden gems
What locals say you shouldn’t miss.
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A two-mile, nearly 1,000-foot-deep canyon in the northeast mountains near Clayton, crossed by a swaying suspension bridge with waterfall views and a tough permit hike to the floor.
A riotously painted seven-acre folk-art compound near Buena Vista built by visionary artist Eddie Owens Martin — temples, walls, and totems in electric color, now restored and open.
A vast blackwater swamp near Folkston with a boardwalk, drive, and water trails through cypress and gators — one of the largest intact wetlands in North America.
A whimsical, hand-built miniature world of tiny castles and cathedrals made from pebbles and broken glass behind a church in Calhoun — free and quietly astonishing.
A 34-acre White, Georgia forest where more than 4,000 vintage cars sit slowly being swallowed by vines and trees — a hauntingly beautiful, walkable junkyard-turned-art-installation.
Worth traveling for
Events that put Georgia on the calendar.
Tee it up
Public golf you can book in Georgia.
Greensboro · $$$$ — Ten holes on the water
Greensboro · $$$$ — 27 holes of Fazio
Greensboro · $$$$ — Rees Jones lakeside test
Adairsville · $$$ — Jim Fazio in the foothills
Suwanee · $$$ — Replicas of Nicklaus's greatest holes
Braselton · $$$ — Wine country golf near Atlanta
Plan the Georgia trip
Get the scenic route, the stops, and the timing.
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