List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia

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There are ten National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Georgia National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description
1 1976 Tattnall state (Dept. of Natural Resources) Relatively undisturbed broadleaf evergreen hammock forest.
2 1974 Emanuel private One of the best representatives of the upland sand ridge ecosystem of the Coastal Plain
3 1972 Harris private An outstanding example of transitional conditions between eastern deciduous and southern coniferous forest types.
4 1976 Effingham private The best remaining cypress-gum swamp forest in the Savannah River basin.
5 Heggie's Rock Heggies Rock in the Rain small.jpg 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.
6 31°24′N 81°30′W / 31.4°N 81.5°W / 31.4; -81.5 (Lewis Island Tract) 1974 McIntosh state (Department of Natural Resources) One of the most extensive bottomland hardwood swamps in Georgia. website
7 Marshall Forest Marshall forest1.jpg 1966 Rome34°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.
8 Okefenokee Swamp OkefenokeeCanalDiggersTrail.wmg.jpg 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.
9 Panola Mountain Panola.JPG 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.
10 Wassaw Island DSC 9425 (8091112286).jpg 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.
11 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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