Georgia National Park Units

Name

Classification

Date*

Hectares

Acres

Features

Andersonville	National Historic Site	1970	200	495	Civil War prisoner-of-war camp and national cemetery
Appalachian	National Scenic Trail	1968	86,730	222,175	Scenic trail 3,473 km (2,158 mi) long following the Appalachian Mountains from Maine to Georgia
Chattahoochee River	National Recreation Area	1978	3,677	9,086	Series of sites preserved for public enjoyment along a stretch of the river
Chickamauga and Chattanooga	National Military Park	1890	3,330	8,228	Civil War battlefields in vicinity of Chattanooga (Also in Tennessee)
Cumberland Island	National Seashore	1972	14,737	36,416	Largest of Georgia's Golden Isles, with beaches, dunes, marshes, and freshwater lakes
Fort Frederica	National Monument	1936	98	241	British town and fort built (1736-1748) during conflict between Britain and Spain over control of the Southeastern United States
Fort Pulaski	National Monument	1924	2,276	5,623	Masonry structure bombarded by Union artillery during the Civil War
Jimmy Carter	National Historic Site	1987	29	71	Family home, boyhood home, and other sites associated with the 39th U.S. president
Kennesaw Mountain	National Battlefield Park	1917	1,167	2,884	Site of Civil War battles of the Atlanta campaign (1864)
Martin Luther King, Jr.	National Historic Site	1980	16	39	Birthplace and gravesite of the civil rights leader, with associated structures
Ocmulgee	National Monument	1934	284	702	Preserves traces of 12,000 years of Southeastern culture from Ice Age peoples to the Creek Nation
* Earliest date of federal government involvement with the area.