Leave Gainesville for Stone Mountain, 38 mi away
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area welcomes about 2.9M visitors a year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 26 are within 40 miles. They include 12 museums, 3 stadiums & arenas and 3 waterfalls. A longer outing takes you to Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 49 mi off.
Lake Lanier
Reservoir in Georgia, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
Out of town, most of the 26 are to the southwest.
Orange: Gainesville. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
The list runs to 86 places, all within 60 miles.
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9Chattahoochee Nature Center
Environmental education facility in Georgia, US.
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13Currahee Mountain
Mountain located in Stephens County, Georgia, near Toccoa.
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Park
Heritage site in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Centennial Olympic Park
Public park in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest
United States national forest in Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
Fifth Third Stadium
Football, soccer and lacrosse field at Kennesaw State University.
Fernbank Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Chastain Memorial Park
City park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Heritage site in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.
Grant Park
City park and Victorian neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Nature center in Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA.
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Art museum of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Millennium Gate
Triumphal arch and Georgia history museum located in Atlanta.
Mimms Museum of Technology and Art
Technology and Art museum in Roswell, Georgia, USA with a focus on computing history..
Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Museum in Kennesaw, Georgia, USA.
Joel Chandler Harris House
Historic house museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, built in 1870 in Queen Anne style.
Historic Fourth Ward Park
A park in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, Georgia just south of Ponce City Market and just west of the BeltLine Eastside Trail.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Art museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum
Paper museum in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
Museum in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center
Nature center in Johns Creek, Georgia, USA.
Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden
Protected garden in Georgia, United States.
Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center
Building in Buford, Georgia, United States.
Henry W. Grady House
Historic house museum and National Historic Landmark in Athens, Georgia.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Gainesville → · Gainesville’s history →
Photo credits
Mercedes-Benz Stadium: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0 · Stone Mountain: KyleAndMelissa22, Public domain · Lake Lanier: http://www.terraprints.com, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags Over Georgia: hagerman, CC BY 2.0 · State Farm Arena: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Truist Park: Thechased at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Georgia Aquarium: Diliff, CC BY 2.5 · Sanford Stadium: The original uploader was Clio64 at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chattahoochee Nature Center: muffinn from Worcester, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Center Parc Stadium: Southernkeith, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bobby Dodd Stadium: Bkporter12, Public domain · Brasstown Bald: Unknown, Public domain · Currahee Mountain: Wikilackey (talk), Public domain · Atlanta Beltline: PghPhxNfk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · World of Coca-Cola: w:User:Zpb52, Public domain · Fox Theatre: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Herndon Stadium: MSGT Joseph Pittelli, U.S. Air Force, Public domain · Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historical Park: Jet Lowe, Public domain · Centennial Olympic Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Etowah Indian Mounds: Kåre Thor Olsen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gas South Arena: fr:File:ArenaatGwinnettCenterSat.png : fr:User:Betp (26 janvier 2008 à 20:19), Public domain · Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest: Thomson200, CC0 · Amicalola Falls: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0 · High Museum of Art: w:User:Atlantacitizen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Zoo Atlanta: Patrick Fitzgerald from Atlanta, GA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Delta Flight Museum: Blurred Ren from Stone Mountain, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fifth Third Stadium: Thomson200, CC0 · Piedmont Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jimmy Carter Library and Museum: Unknown, Public domain · The Tabernacle: Tim Farley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anna Ruby Falls: Jsfouche, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fernbank Museum of Natural History: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Herndon Home: GreaterPonce665, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags White Water: Druidhills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tellus Science Museum: Michael Adams, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Mountain State Park: Thomson200, CC0 · Atlanta Botanical Garden: Daderot, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Atlanta History Center: Hellohowareyoudoing (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cadence Bank Amphitheatre: BullDawg2021, CC BY 4.0 · Chastain Memorial Park: blacklab2013, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: Mikereichold, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Barrington Hall: Galen Parks Smith (Gsmith), CC BY 2.5 · Center for Puppetry Arts: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bulloch Hall: SimonATL at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Grant Park: Scott Ehardt, Public domain · Southeastern Railway Museum: Logg Tandy, CC BY 4.0 · National Center for Civil and Human Rights: Marco Correa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: Keizers, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Atlanta Silverbacks Park: Wilson Wise, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Michael C. Carlos Museum: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Millennium Gate: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mimms Museum of Technology and Art: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rhodes Hall: Gatrust at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Booth Western Art Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History: Unknown, Attribution · Fernbank Science Center: Eoghanacht, Public domain · Joel Chandler Harris House: Gilford Photography, Public domain · Savoy Automobile Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Archibald Smith Plantation Home: Bleak23, Public domain · Children's Museum of Atlanta: Carissa Rogers, CC BY 2.0 · Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site: HowardSF at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · David J. Sencer CDC Museum: Jim Gathany, Public domain · Historic Fourth Ward Park: Marc Merlin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Design Atlanta: John Ramspott, CC BY 2.0 · The State Botanical Garden of Georgia: Pendragon98 (Talk / contribs), Public domain · Hammonds House Museum: HHMbusiness, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Robert C. Williams Paper Museum: TallQuasar at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Strand Theatre: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum: Jake Mohan, CC BY 2.0 · Atlanta Contemporary Art Center: BurnAway, CC BY 2.0 · Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Aviation History & Technology Center: Thomson200, CC0 · Fred Hamilton Rhododendron Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henry W. Grady House: Fred D. Nichols, Photographer, Public domain · Roselawn Museum: Amesmultimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barrow County Museum: Chris Pruitt, CC BY-SA 3.0
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