Hike these top Georgia hikes to the state’s most beautiful views: deep, waterfall-filled canyons to sandy coastline and soaring mountaintops, all guaranteed to leave Georgia on your mind.
Haven’t explored Georgia outside of the metro Atlanta area? There’s a whole lot more to the Peach State than you’d think. The state’s landscapes are beautiful and staggering in variety, from its southern sandy Atlantic coast to its lush, green, rolling Appalachian Mountains in the north. Moss and fern-filled forests, breezy mountaintops with stunning views, barrier islands where wild horses roam free, deep-cut Georgia canyons filled with waterfalls: our state offers a whole lot of fantastic terrain to explore.
Wherever your adventures take you, as always, please remember to pack out everything you pack in, and leave no trace on your hike to help keep Georgia beautiful.
Hike these great Georgia hikes to explore Georgia’s beauty:
Get outside to explore Georgia’s beauty, and hike these eight great hikes to some of the state’s most beautiful places. Their stunning beauty is guaranteed to leave you with Georgia on your mind.
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Tallulah Gorge State Park
Hurricane Falls Trail
2.25 miles
Towering gorge walls, sheer canyon drops, tumbling gorge waterfalls: Tallulah Gorge is simply gorgeous. Catch stunning views from dizzying heights on the gorge rim before dropping to the floor and crossing a swaying suspension bridge over the Hurricane Falls waterfall. Tallulah Gorge is a Georgia adventure that’s just unforgettable.
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Providence Canyon State Park
Canyon Loop Trail
2.5 miles
Explore the state’s southwest corner at the colorfully-sculpted sandstone walls at Providence Canyon State Park. The Canyon Loop winds through landscapes reminiscent of western canyons, earning Providence Canyon the nickname of Georgia’s ‘Little Grand Canyon.’
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Native American mounds near Macon
Ocmulgee National Monument
3.25 miles
Explore Georgia’s Native American history and beautiful wetland landscapes at this National Monument on the banks of the Ocmulgee River. The trail traverses through a fern-filled forest, a wildlife-filled wetland environment and prehistoric Indian mounds. Don’t miss stunning marsh views from the top of the great temple mound, and explore the inside of the ceremonial earth lodge to see a carbon dated that’s more than 1,000 years old.
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Georgia’s southern coast
Cumberland Island National Seashore
2-20 miles
Hike this remote, 16-mile-long barrier island on Georgia’s southern Atlantic coast. Many miles of Cumberland Island backpacking and hiking trails explore abandoned Carnegie mansion ruins, grasslands and dunes home to herds of wild horses, and mile after mile of deserted, quiet, powdery-sand beaches.
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Georgia’s Cohutta Wilderness
Jacks River Falls
9 miles
Hike to Jacks River Falls via the Beech Bottom Trail and Jacks River Trail deep in the Cohutta Wilderness, the largest wilderness east of the Mississippi River. Jacks River Falls is hands-down one of the state’s most beautiful waterfalls, thundering and plunging over a rocky, rugged cliff into deep pools below.
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Cloudland Canyon State Park
Cloudland Canyon West Rim Loop & Waterfalls Trail
4.9 miles
From towering waterfalls and towering hemlock trees to stunning long-range canyon views, Cloudland Canyon’s hiking trails offer some of the state’s best views. Don’t miss Cloudland’s epic sunsets from the park’s east rim, when the day’s last light casts colorful rays onto the canyon’s steep walls.
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Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
Arabia Mountain Top Trail
1.3 miles
Located just outside Atlanta’s perimeter, this hike to Arabia Mountain’s cratered, domed summit will leave you doubting that you’re in Georgia, let alone minutes from the city. The moderately-challenging (but relatively short) Arabia Mountain Top Trail hikes to the mountain’s summit across vast fields of rock and past shallow basins of rare plants. Hike after a rainshower to catch the wide-open sky reflecting in the mountain’s water-filled craters, an entirely photo-worthy view.
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Raven Cliffs Wilderness
Raven Cliff Falls Trail
4.9 miles
At the Raven Cliff Trail’s end, a tumbling waterfall splits an enormous, sheer-faced cliff in two, creating one of Georgia’s most unique and visit-worthy waterfalls. But while the Raven Cliff Falls waterfall makes the trail a must-hike, the entire Raven Cliff Trail is beautiful: a trout stream tumbles and cascades along the trail, cascading down in beautiful waterfall after waterfall under the canopy of a shady, lush forest.
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Our favorite outdoor gear
What to pack for a Georgia hiking adventure?
Ready to hit the trail, but wondering what to pack? Our hiking gear list features our favorite, trail-tested hiking gear for day hikes on local trails and in the Georgia backcountry. We print and stitch our Atlanta Trails shirts and hats locally in Atlanta and Asheville, and they’re our favorite for trail adventures all over the South. And no matter what you pack in, pack it all back out. Please leave no trace and help preserve Georgia’s beauty.
OUR HIKING GEAR LIST
Please Remember
Always leave no trace, pack out everything you pack in, and if you see trash, pick it up and pack it out.
Stay on the marked trail, tell someone where you're going, pack safety and wayfinding essentials, and don't rely on a mobile phone to find your way. Please always practice good trail etiquette. And before you go, always check the trailhead kiosk, official maps, and the park or ranger office for notices of changed routes, trail closures, safety information, and restrictions.
