Brown's Guides Catalog of the South

Georgia Coast on your radar? Try this budget-pleasing Jekyll hotel

Georgia Coast on your radar? Try this budget-pleasing Jekyll hotel

Jekyll Island’s Beachview Club Hotel offers 38 rooms, most with ocean view. It’s a great location for a family getaway weekend, honeymoon, corporate group or wedding. You’ll find

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Adventure hungry in metro Atlanta? Here’s an urban escape

Adventure hungry in metro Atlanta? Here’s an urban escape

Surprise! Banning Mills is not JUST a world-class zip line. Historic Banning Mills has 12 spacious Jacuzzi rooms, 10 country-elegant log cabin suites, five cozy cottages and a

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Experience Georgia’s Appalachian Culture at this Mountain Heritage Center

Experience Georgia’s Appalachian Culture at this Mountain Heritage Center

At the Foxfire Museum & Heritage Center, you will find homes, tools, trades, crafts, and a look at the lifestyle of the all-but-vanished pioneer culture of the Southern Appalachian

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Explore natural wonders of the Altamaha Bio-Reserve on the Georgia coast

Explore natural wonders of the Altamaha Bio-Reserve on the Georgia coast

Located near St. Simon's Island and 45 minutes south of Savannah, the Altamaha River BioReserve is a world of wilderness and natural wonder. Bottle nosed dolphins, alligators, wild

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Shoot the Hooch with Cool River Tubing in Helen

Shoot the Hooch with Cool River Tubing in Helen

Grab one of Cool River Tubing's big, green inner tubes and float down the cool waters of the Chattahoochee River through Alpine Helen this summer!  For $5 you can float down the

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Tour Ossabaw Island with Bull River Cruises

Tour Ossabaw Island with Bull River Cruises

Ossabaw Island was once the home of three plantations growing sea island cotton, and one of the main coastal communities of the Gullah-Geechee culture. Now the 26,000-acre barrier

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Georgia Paddling Guides: Watson Mill Pond

Georgia Paddling Guides: Watson Mill Pond

If you’re looking for new ideas for your next family getaway, here’s a really fun activity you might want to consider. George L. Smith State Park near Twin City is home to one of

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Fish or tour the GA coast with this pro charter operator

Fish or tour the GA coast with this pro charter operator

Whether it's sport fishing for the serious angler or a leisurely day for the family, Miss Judy has the trip for you. Miss Judy Charters provides inshore fishing, offshore fishing,

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Explore Dade County’s rugged Cumberland Plateau

Explore Dade County’s rugged Cumberland Plateau

Dade County in the extreme northwest corner of Georgia is home to a myriad of outdoor activities that will call up every ounce of ability and skill from the most experienced

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This is an unusual opportunity to see alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp

This is an unusual opportunity to see alligators in the Okefenokee Swamp

If you want to see a bunch of alligators in the safe environment of a 24-foot, flat-bottom, canopy-covered Carolina skiff, this is the time to visit the Okefenokee Swamp. The recent

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