List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia

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As of 2023, there are eleven National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Georgia.

List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia is located in Georgia
Big Hammock Natural Area
Big Hammock Natural Area
Lewis Island Tract
Lewis Island Tract
Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest
Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest
Ebenezer Creek Swamp
Ebenezer Creek Swamp
Wade Tract Preserve
Wade Tract Preserve
Georgia National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description
Big Hammock Natural Area 1976 31°51′55″N 82°05′11″W / 31.86522°N 82.0864°W / 31.86522; -82.0864 (Big Hammock Natural Area) Tattnall state (Dept. of Natural Resources) Relatively undisturbed broadleaf evergreen hammock forest.
Camp E.F. Boyd Natural Area 1974 Emanuel private One of the best representatives of the upland sand ridge ecosystem of the Coastal Plain
Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest 1972 32°44′59″N 84°56′05″W / 32.7498°N 84.9346°W / 32.7498; -84.9346 (Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest) Harris private An outstanding example of transitional conditions between eastern deciduous and southern coniferous forest types.
Ebenezer Creek Swamp 1976 32°21′50″N 81°13′53″W / 32.3640°N 81.2313°W / 32.3640; -81.2313 (Ebenezer Creek Swamp) Effingham private The best remaining cypress-gum swamp forest in the Savannah River basin.
Heggie's Rock 1980 33°32′29.8″N 82°15′13.1″W / 33.541611°N 82.253639°W / 33.541611; -82.253639 (Heggie's Rock) Columbia county, private (The Nature Conservancy) The best example in eastern North America of the remarkable endemic flora restricted to granite outcrops.
Lewis Island Tract 1974 31°24′N 81°30′W / 31.4°N 81.5°W / 31.4; -81.5 (Lewis Island Tract) McIntosh state (Department of Natural Resources) One of the most extensive bottomland hardwood swamps in Georgia. website
Marshall Forest 1966 34°15′03″N 85°11′43″W / 34.250898°N 85.195375°W / 34.250898; -85.195375 (Marshall Forest) Floyd private A loblolly pine-shortleaf pine forest believed to have originated following an intense fire at about the time the Cherokee Indians were forcibly removed to Oklahoma.
Okefenokee Swamp 1974 30°37′00″N 82°19′00″W / 30.616667°N 82.316667°W / 30.616667; -82.316667 (Okefenokee Swamp) Charlton, Clinch, Ware federal (Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge) One of the largest and most primitive swamps in the country.
Panola Mountain 1980 33°38′07″N 84°10′13″W / 33.635278°N 84.170278°W / 33.635278; -84.170278 (Panola Mountain) Rockdale state (Department of Natural Resources) The most natural and undisturbed monadnock of exposed granitic rock in the Piedmont biophysiographic province.
Wassaw Island 1967 31°54′01″N 80°58′56″W / 31.9003°N 80.9822°W / 31.9003; -80.9822 (Wassaw Island) Chatham federal (Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge) Only barrier island in Georgia with an undisturbed forest cover.
Wade Tract Preserve 2014 30°45′N 84°00′W / 30.75°N 84°W / 30.75; -84 (Wade Tract Preserve) Thomas private Old growth longleaf pine savanna.

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