Millen-Jenkins County Scenic Byway
Georgia Scenic Byway 40 mi in Georgia.
About the Millen-Jenkins County Scenic Byway
This 35-mile Scenic Byway begins in the Downtown Millen Historic District. Its railroad depots date from the early 1900s. The Millen-Jenkins County Museum features local histories, Native American Indian artifacts, tools, and cotton mill equipment. Proceeding to SR 23 and Perkins Green Fork Road, scenic character is exhibited by woodlands, pasturelands, and historic farmhouses in small and scattered communities. Varied and distinctive viewsheds are found on Herndon Road, along with several historic churches. SR 17, heading back to Cotton Avenue, is characterized simply by wide-open farmland stretching for miles.
Magnolia Springs State Park is located three miles from the intersection of SR 17 and US 25. It features crystal clear springs, hiking/biking trails, and the Historic Fort Lawton-- an 1864 prisoner-of-war camp. The Fort Lawton Historic Trail and the Bo Ginn Aquarium are also found in the park.
Georgia Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Scenic byways on dot.ga.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 13 · 1.5 mi offMagnolia Springs State Park · State park · 30 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.