The Parks at Chehaw

Located in southern Lee County, The Parks at Chehaw is a 800-acre recreation facility with many amenities such as a BMX track, unique wooden playscape, RV, tent, and primitive camping, picnic pavilions, and a miniature riding train, The park also includes a 100 acre wild animal park, that is accredited by the American Zoo Association that contains many native and exotic animals in a natural setting.

Flint Riverquarium

A 175,000-gallon, 22-foot deep, open-air Blue Hole filled with the fish, reptiles and plants found in the Flint River’s ecosystem are the star of Albany, Georgia’s newest family attraction – the Flint RiverQuarium. The RiverQuarium offers visitors 15,000 sq. ft. of discovery and adventure through high-tech, interactive exhibits; crawl-through caverns; and fresh and saltwater exhibits highlighting natural habitats of the 350-mile Flint River and rivers around the world.

Lake Chehaw

Located in southern Lee County is Lake Chehaw. This 1,400 acre man-made lake provides boating, fishing, and water skiing activities for area residents.

Albany Museum of Art

The museum, located in downtown Albany, features changing art exhibits plus a permanent collection of 19th and 20th century American and European art. The museum offers an average of 15 exhibitions annually in six galleries.

Thronateeska Heritage Center

Located in downtown Albany is the Thronateeska Heritage Center. This center is composed of three major parts, the Museum of History, the Wetherbee Planetarium (southwest Georgia's only planetarium), and the Discovery Center. The Museum's theme is the history of Southwest Georgia including Native Americans, steam boat days along the Flint River, and the invention of the railroad and the automobile. The Discovery Center is a place for kids to find out about science with their hands, ears, and eyes.

Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum at Old Mt. Zion Church

The Mt. Zion Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum commemorates the 1960's Civil Rights Movement in Albany and southwest Georgia.

The Museum is located just south of downtown Albany, in the Freedom District, a historic district that extends from the banks of the Flint River to the Museum and includes Thronateeska Heritage Center.

Confederate Memorial Park

Confederate Memorial Park, located across the street from the Parks at Chehaw, is dedicated to the men who fought for southern independence 140 years ago. The park is anchored by a confederate soldier monument that is just over 100 years old. The park, owned and maintained by the Sons of Confederate Veterans and The United Daughters of The Confederacy, is open 7 days a week to the public at no charge.

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Located in Plains, about 40 minutes north of Leesburg, is the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. This national historic site features the Plains Depot, home of Jimmy Carter's 1976 Presidential Campaign Headquarters, Plains High School where Jimmy Carter attended high school and which is now the historic site's visitor's center, and the Jimmy Carter Boyhood Home which has been fully restored. Former President Carter still resides here today.

Andersonville National Cemetery, POW Museum, and Historic Site

Located in Andersonville, about 45 minutes north of Leesburg, is the 495 acre Andersonville National Historic Site. This national historic site was one of the largest Confederate military prisons used during the Civil War. During the 14 months the prison existed, more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined here. Of these, almost 13,000 died from disease, poor sanitation, malnutrition, and exposure to the elements and are buried here.

FDR's Little White House State Historic Site

Located in Warm Springs, about 45 minutes north of Leesburg, is FDR's Little White House State Historic Site. Nestled in the Pine Mountains is FDR's cottage where he retreated from the pressures of the presidency and to also take hot thermal baths for his polio. It is here where President Roosevelt passed away on April 12, 1945.

Providence Canyon State Park

Visitors are amazed at the breathtaking colors of Georgia's Little Grand Canyon. The rare Plumleaf Azalea and other wildflowers, as well as the pink, orange, red and purple hues of the soft canyon soil, make a beautiful natural painting at this unique park. An interpretive center explains how the massive gullies (the deepest being 150 feet) were caused by erosion due to poor farming practices in the 1800s.

Westville

Westville is a living history museum which depicts an 1850 west Georgia village. Westville was created so visitors can experience a community in the twenty-first century similar to the ones in which our ancestors lived in the middle of the nineteenth century. Westville has over thirty authentically furnished pre-Civil War buildings and the townspeople are in 1850s dress.

Callaway Gardens

Located near Pine Mountain, about 1-1/2 hours north of Leesburg, is Callaway Gardens. This popular and unique attraction consists of 14,000 acres of lakes and woodlands with many garden themed areas including the Virginia Hand Callaway Discovery Center, the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, the John A. Sibley Horticultural Center, Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden, Callaway Brothers Azalea Garden as well as walking and biking trails, a swimming beach, four golf courses, tennis and racquetball facilities, fishing, and overnight accommodations with many dining options.

Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park and Lake Blackshear

This 1,308 acre state park, located about 30 minutes north of Leesburg on the 7,000 acre Lake Blackshear, consists of tent, trailer, and RV sites, primitive camping, cottages, swimming pool and swimming beach, 18 hole golf course, and a conference retreat center.