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ANDERSONVILLE HISTORIC SITE

For more information please see: http://www.nps.gov/ande. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL WITH JIMMY CARTER IN PLAINS GA

For complete details and schedule please see: http://www.plainsgeorgia.com/maranatha_church.html. Note: Sunday school schedule subject to change. An early breakfast or breakfast-to-go is available for those attending service. The Sunday School Classes begin at 10:00 AM but the church building opens at 8:30am.  It is recommended that you arrive early since the class does fill up fast.

AMERICAN CAMELIA SOCIETY-MASSEE LANE GARDENS Fort Valley GA

A nine-acre garden and one of the finest collections of porcelain, the gardens offers ongoing events and activities throughout the yeat. For more information please see http://www.camellias-acs.com/display.aspx?catid=4,68

Macon County is well known for its many attractions. We are the proud home of the Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Prisoner of War Museum. Many visitors enjoy seeing historic homes on the Historic Driving Tour. Macon County is also home of a large Mennonite community and the world famous Mennonite restaurant, Yoder’s Deutsch Haus.

Montezuma, Georgia’s rich past began with the arrival of the railroad in the town across the Flint River, Oglethorpe, with plans to extend the line through what is now Montezuma. When commercial and residential property owners in the small community of Traveler’s Rest saw that the railroad was to by-pass them in 1851, they moved themselves and their buildings to what was "a low swamp in the midst of a dense thicket of woods, whose solitudes were broken only by the clutter of wild game and by an occasional shot from some hunter’s rifle". Railroads and steamboat trade allowed for the town to grow into a bustling center of economic activity. Hotels, livery stables, cotton seed processing plants, agricultural industries, schools and churches defined the town’s character of rural simplicity and contentment. Much of the activity from the past is reflected in historical downtown. (information provided by Macon County GA website)

Attractions include:
Andersonville Historic Site and the National Prisoner of War Museum
Andersonville Historic Village
Jimmy Carter Historic Site
The Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences
Georgia Music Hall of Fame
The Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter
Plains GA Birthplace of Jimmy Carter
Southwest GA Historic Train Ride - Experience the Steam Train!  
1921 Rylander Theatre
Georgia Veterans State Park and Golf Courses
Georgia Aviation Museum 

Habitat for Humanity, Americus GA and Koinonia Community Farm (birthplace of Habitat)

Indian Springs Farm, Fort Valley GA

Gypsey Farm, Mauk GA

American Camelia Society, Masse Gardens, Fort Valley GA

The Hay House Macon GA.

Ocmulgee National Monument

The Old Governor's Mansion, Milledgeville GA

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House and Museum

Historic Homes Tour Columbus GA

Heartland of the Confederacy 

Jarrell Plantation Juliette GA

Westville Village Lumpkin GA - a working 1850's town

Directions

GPS CO-ORDINATES:

OPTION 1 coming from the North:

If heading southbound on I-75, take a right off exit 149 (Byron/Fort Valley). Follow and stay on highway 49 towards Montezuma. As you enter into Montezuma, Hwy 49 becomes Dooly Street - you will see a statue and small water tower on your right hand side - Travelers Rest is diagonally across the road on the left.

OPTION 2 coming from the North:
If heading southbound on Interstate I-75, take exit 135 (Hwy 224 west) to the right, towards Montezuma. Travel approximately 23 miles towards Montezuma. Pass CVS on your left and Harveys on your right, turn right at the 2nd traffic light (S. Dooly/Hwy 49), and travel through the old town. Traveler’s Rest is the 6th home on right after Dairy Queen. Parking is on the side of the house on Brandt St.

OPTION 1 coming from the South:

If heading northbound on Interstate I-75, take exit 127 (Hwy 26) to the left, towards Montezuma. Travel approximately 23 miles towards Montezuma. Pass CVS on your left and Harveys on your right, turn right at the 2nd traffic light (S. Dooly/Hwy 49), and travel through the old town. Traveler’s Rest is the 6th home on right after Dairy Queen. Parking is on the side of the house on Brandt St.

OPTION 2 coming from the South:

Exit I-75 at Exit #109 (Vienna) Travel west on E Union St to Hwy 90. Continue on Hwy 90 for approx 20 miles which will bring you into Montezuma. When you see CVS on your right and Huddle House in front of you, make a left, keeping McDonald's on your right. At the next traffic light, make a right onto Dooly St/Hwy 49 and travel through the old town. Traveler’s Rest is the 6th home on right after Dairy Queen. Parking is on the side of the house on Brandt St.