Ogle posh resorts, coastal salt marshes, swamps, tidal estuaries, shrimping villages, museums, Millionaire’s Row, and historic houses.
The Georgia coastline is interlaced with shrimping villages, swamps, salt marshes, and tidal estuaries, all linked by a maze of bridges and causeways leading to the state’s “golden isles.” This string of barrier islands features posh resorts and coastal salt marshes. The tour begins in Jekyll Island, a former winter playground for the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, and Morgans. Tag along the Jekyll Island Causeway (Route 520) to U.S. 17, and head north to Brunswick. Founded in 1771, Brunswick is one of Georgia’s largest oystering and shrimping ports. Its Old Town is lined with renovated historic homes. To the east and north, you will locate the Marshes of Glynn, one of the most biologically diverse environments anywhere. Read more . . .
This is indeed a picturesque byway that rings through the Chattahoochee National Forest, heading up to the highest peak in Georgia. The drive departs from the village of Helen, a former sawmill town that’s been reinvented as a Bavarian village with German-style shops, inns, and restaurants. From Helen, head north on Rte. 17/75 which hugs the shores of the Chattahoochee River at the southern end of the forest.