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F.D. Roosevelt State Park

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F.D. Roosevelt State Park

Pine Mountain, GA · Columbus

About

Georgia's largest state park sprawls across the Pine Mountain ridge, where FDR drove up from Warm Springs to picnic at Dowdell's Knob and look out over the valley he loved. The view from the Knob still opens the same way, 1,395 feet up at the range's high point, and a bronze Roosevelt sits at the overlook beside the stone grill the CCC built for him. The Pine Mountain Trail runs 23 miles through hardwood and pine to wildflower-edged streams, and the spring-fed Liberty Bell Pool, also CCC stonework, still cools swimmers all summer.

Highlights

Dowdell's Knob overlook with FDR's picnic spot and bronze statue23-mile Pine Mountain TrailSpring-fed Liberty Bell Pool built by the CCCLake Delano and Lake FranklinGeorgia's largest state park

Getting there

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Georgia's state parks pack a remarkable range into one state. Up north there are deep gorges and the tallest cascading waterfall in the Southeast; in the southwest, a pink-and-orange canyon erosion carved out of old farmland; through the middle, mineral springs and CCC-built lodges; and down south, the wild blackwater edge of the Okefenokee. These are the ones worth building a weekend around, from the Blue Ridge to the coast.