A 46-acre working garden with over 140 species, including a demonstration
Xeriscape Garden and one of the largest collections of bamboo on display in North America. Seasonal highlights are the Spring Gardening Festival in March,
and the Fall Gardening Festival in October.
Are you fascinated with the great sea turtles? The Caretta Research Project is a hands-on research and marine conservation project which benefits the threatened loggerhead sea turtles that nest in the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge. Patrol the beach for a summer week, protecting nests, collecting data, helping sea turtles survive.
Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary
(912) 598-2345
Federally protected and 50 miles off the Georgia coast, Grayís Reef National Marine Sanctuary is home to over 150 species of fish and four endangered sea turtles. SCUBA and motorboat visitors should read the regulations governing visits to the
sanctuary of animals on the list of endangered species.
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum
(912) 748-8888
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum offers programs connecting the physics of flight to the experiences of World War II aviators. The museumís exhibits honor the patriotism and lives of the men and women in the Eighth Air Force from World War II to the present.
The Ogeechee Audubon Society educates adults and children about birds, other wildlife, and the environment. The society makes available the Partner in Flight Bird Activity Box free of charge to interested school, church and scout groups.
Ossabaw Island, an incredibly beautiful island of maritime forests, ponds, salt marshes, and beaches, is home to a vast diversity of bird and animal life. The Ossabaw Island Foundation manages and preserves this rich ecological and historical
resource. The foundation encourages visitation and camping on the island for educational and culturally enriching purposes.
Go beyond sightseeing. Experience, wonder, discovery, and understanding are yours while exploring with the southeastís original nature tour organization. Choose from several sites to discover alligators, birds, seashells, animals nobody
loves, the glorious maritime forest, edible and medicinal plants, or even stars. Choose a few hours or a whole day for your personal tour of Coastal Georgia, scheduled just for you. Guides are knowledgeable and enthusiastic experts.
The Georgia Conservancy (TGC) is a membership organization dedicated to the responsible stewardship and protection of Georgia's natural resources. In addition to offering field trips and symposiums throughout the year, teacher education workshops, and a quarterly environmental education newsletter, TGC provides outreach programs for K-12 school children. Each April TGC sponsors a Youth Environmental Symposium for middle and high school students.
Providing marine and environmental outdoor education to the youth of the region, the facility is also available on weekends for non-school youth groups. Features a boardwalk, touch tanks for marine life, and a resident loggerhead turtle.
Skidaway Island State Park
(912) 598-2301/2300
The 588-acre park encompasses maritime forest, salt marsh, tidal creeks, freshwater sloughs, and Civil War earthworks. The 1-mile sandpiper trail and the 4-mile big ferry trail wander through marsh and maritime forest. A colonial coast birding trail site, the park is a nesting site for the rare painted bunting. Camping sites and picnic shelters available.
Tybee Island Marine Science Center
(912) 786-5917
Established in 1988, the center offers hands-on educational experiences, exhibits, and guided beach walks for visitors and groups of all ages. The center has a small, fascinating collection of marine life indigenous to the coast of Georgia. Ask about the summer Sea Camps for youngsters and the free marine life lectures.
The stateís only salt-water Aquarium offers the best opportunity to see and understand the amazing ocean life found in the waters off the coast of Georgia. Other exhibits illustrate historical and prehistorical uses of coastal resources. Nature trail has 1/2 mile, 1 mile, and 4 mile loops. ADA accessible picnic area.
Oatland Island Education Center
(912) 898-3980
Wild animals in their habitat appeal to city slickers and nature lovers alike. Oatland Island Education Center, located just east of Savannah on a 175-acre marsh island, is home to more than 50 indigenous mammals and birds of coastal Georgia. Bison, timber wolves, black bears, bald eagles, Florida panthers, and alligators all live in large natural enclosures along the self-guiding 1.75-mile Discovery Trail.
Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens 
Are you fascinated with the great sea turtles? The Caretta Research Project is a hands-on research and marine conservation project which benefits the threatened loggerhead sea turtles that nest in the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge. Patrol the beach for a summer week, protecting nests, collecting data, helping sea turtles survive.
visitors should read the regulations governing visits to the
sanctuary of animals on the list of endangered species.
The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum offers programs connecting the physics of flight to the experiences of World War II aviators. The museumís exhibits honor the patriotism and lives of the men and women in the Eighth Air Force from World War II to the present.
The Ogeechee Audubon Society educates adults and children about birds, other wildlife, and the environment. The society makes available the Partner in Flight Bird Activity Box free of charge to interested school, church and scout groups.
Ossabaw Island, an incredibly beautiful island of maritime forests, ponds, salt marshes, and beaches, is home to a vast diversity of bird and animal life. The Ossabaw Island Foundation manages and preserves this rich ecological and historical
resource. The foundation encourages visitation and camping on the island for educational and culturally enriching purposes.
organization. Choose from several sites to discover alligators, birds, seashells, animals nobody
loves, the glorious maritime forest, edible and medicinal plants, or even stars. Choose a few hours or a whole day for your personal tour of Coastal Georgia, scheduled just for you. Guides are knowledgeable and enthusiastic experts.
stewardship and protection of Georgia's natural resources. In addition to offering field trips and symposiums throughout the year, teacher education workshops, and a quarterly environmental education newsletter, TGC provides outreach programs for K-12 school children. Each April TGC sponsors a Youth Environmental Symposium for middle and high school students.
Providing marine and environmental outdoor education to the youth of the region, the facility is also available on weekends for non-school youth groups. Features a boardwalk, touch tanks for marine life, and a resident loggerhead turtle.
earthworks. The 1-mile sandpiper trail and the 4-mile big ferry trail wander through marsh and maritime forest. A colonial coast birding trail site, the park is a nesting site for the rare painted bunting. Camping sites and picnic shelters available.
Established in 1988, the center offers hands-on educational experiences, exhibits, and guided beach walks for visitors and groups of all ages. The center has a small, fascinating collection of marine life indigenous to the coast of Georgia. Ask about the summer Sea Camps for youngsters and the free marine life lectures.
The stateís only salt-water Aquarium offers the best opportunity to see and understand the amazing ocean life found in the waters off the coast of Georgia. Other exhibits illustrate historical and prehistorical uses of coastal resources. Nature trail has 1/2 mile, 1 mile, and 4 mile loops. ADA accessible picnic area.
home to more than 50 indigenous mammals and birds of coastal Georgia. Bison, timber wolves, black bears, bald eagles, Florida panthers, and alligators all live in large natural enclosures along the self-guiding 1.75-mile Discovery Trail.