Spend a day or two exploring our area, or your family can enjoy the sights while you are in class!

Chehaw Park has a beautiful zoo, a BMX bicycle track, a miniature train tour of the park, and picnic grounds. Click here for their website. This is the location of the Gourd College!

Nearby Plains is the home of President Jimmy Carter. A National Park Service museum, his national campaign headquarters (a small railroad building), and his boyhood home are some of the sights to see in this area. Click here for the website.

Albany is home of the Riverquarium, a new and modern look at the aquatic life of the region. Click here for their website.

Albany was an important part of the civil rights movement, and their museum website is here.

Nearby Americus is the home of the beautiful and historic Windsor Hotel, built in the 19th century and still serving the best southern cooking you can find. Click here for the website.

Habitat for Humanity is a renowned organization that helps people build homes around the world. Their headquarters, in nearby Americus, has a visitor's center and a village where they replicate before and after living conditions of people of our world. Click here for their website.