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National Parks in Georgia.

By Nicholas Major · Last updated

Georgia has more than ten NPS units, anchored by Cumberland Island National Seashore (ferry-only access from St. Marys) and the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park (Atlanta). Other units include Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Andersonville National Historic Site, Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park (jointly with TN), Fort Frederica, Fort Pulaski, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, and segments of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. Atlanta (ATL) is the dominant anchor; Savannah (SAV) reaches the coastal units. Cumberland Island visits require advance ferry reservations and are best fall through spring (summer brings dense humidity and biting insects). The MLK historical park operates year-round with January peaks around the King holiday.

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Georgia NPS sites map: labeled satellite map, showing 10 locations, including Andersonville, Chattahoochee River, Chickamauga & Chattanooga
10 selected NPS sites in Georgia. Dots mark general locations, not entrances. This map does not show every NPS source record in the directory below. Map: National Sites Guide, CC BY 4.0.

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NPS source records in Georgia.

Georgia has 12 records in our combined NPS metadata and visitor-statistics registry: 3 National Historical Parks · 2 National Monuments · 1 National Historic Site · 1 National Scenic Trail · 1 National Recreation Area · 1 National Military Park · 1 National Seashore · 1 National Battlefield Park · 1 National Historic Trail. This is a source-record count, not the Park Service's official system-unit census. Combined 5-year-average annual visits: 13,237,941 (multi-state units count their full visits in every state they touch, see methodology). The most-visited record is Appalachian National Scenic Trail at about 6.22M annual visits.

Map of the broader NPS source-record directory
Every National Park Service site in Georgia, mapped. Each glowing marker is one site, placed at its real coordinates and colored by type. Select a marker for its yearly visits and a link, or use the filters to show or hide a group. 10 of 12 units are mapped here; long-distance trails and units centered in another state are in the table below.
National Park Service sites in Georgia, mapped Interactive map of Georgia showing the location of 10 National Park Service sites, colored by type: national parks, monuments and memorials, historic sites, recreation areas and seashores, rivers, trails and parkways, and other sites. Each site is also listed with its yearly visits in the table below the map.

Marker positions are each unit's official NPS coordinates. State outline: U.S. Census cartographic boundary (public domain). Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

UnitDesignation5-yr avg visitsBusiest month
Appalachian National Scenic Trail National Scenic TrailAPPA 6,215,118 July
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area National Recreation AreaCHAT 3,163,957 June
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park National Battlefield ParkKEMO 1,459,514 September
Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park National Military ParkCHCH 981,242 July
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park National Historical ParkMALU 511,742 June
Fort Pulaski National Monument National MonumentFOPU 403,305 March
Fort Frederica National Monument National MonumentFOFR 193,432 March
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park National Historical ParkOCMU 143,793 September
Cumberland Island National Seashore National SeashoreCUIS 67,089 March
Andersonville National Historic Site National Historic SiteANDE 63,542 May
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park National Historical ParkJICA 35,207 March
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail National Historic TrailTRTE — —

Methodology

Rows come from our combined NPS metadata and Visitor Use Statistics registry, not the Park Service's official census of 433 managed system units. Per-record visit counts come from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; the "5-year average visits" column is the mean of 2021-2025 Recreation Visits. Multi-state records are listed under every state they touch, and their full visit total appears in each state. Official National Park counts use the central 63-park classification rather than the source designation label alone. Independent site, not affiliated with the National Park Service.

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Independent site. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the National Park Service. Data comes from the official NPS Visitor Use Statistics Data Package, 2025; editorial analysis is ours. The NPS Arrowhead and other NPS marks are not used.

Last updated · 2026-09-10