List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia
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As of 2023, there are eleven National Natural Landmarks in the U.S. state of Georgia.
![List of National Natural Landmarks in Georgia is located in Georgia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/USA_Georgia_location_map.svg/350px-USA_Georgia_location_map.svg.png)
![Heggie's Rock](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Heggie's Rock
![Marshall Forest](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Marshall Forest
![Okefenokee Swamp](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Okefenokee Swamp
![Panola Mountain](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Panola Mountain
![Wassaw Island](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Wassaw Island
![Big Hammock Natural Area](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Big Hammock Natural Area
![Lewis Island Tract](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Lewis Island Tract
![Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest
![Ebenezer Creek Swamp](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Ebenezer Creek Swamp
![Wade Tract Preserve](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/8px-Purple_pog.svg.png)
Wade Tract Preserve
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Georgia National Natural Landmarks (clickable map)Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Big Hammock Natural Area | 1976 | 31°51′55″N 82°05′11″W / 31.86522°N 82.0864°W / 31.86522; -82.0864 (Big Hammock Natural Area) | Tattnall | state (Dept. of Natural Resources) | Relatively undisturbed broadleaf evergreen hammock forest. | |
2 | Camp E.F. Boyd Natural Area | 1974 | Emanuel | private | One of the best representatives of the upland sand ridge ecosystem of the Coastal Plain | ||
3 | Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest | 1972 | 32°44′59″N 84°56′05″W / 32.7498°N 84.9346°W / 32.7498; -84.9346 (Cason J. Calloway Memorial Forest) | Harris | private | An outstanding example of transitional conditions between eastern deciduous and southern coniferous forest types. | |
4 | Ebenezer Creek Swamp | 1976 | 32°21′50″N 81°13′53″W / 32.3640°N 81.2313°W / 32.3640; -81.2313 (Ebenezer Creek Swamp) | Effingham | private | The best remaining cypress-gum swamp forest in the Savannah River basin. | |
5 | Heggie's Rock | ![]() | 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 | Lewis Island Tract | 1974 | 31°24′N 81°30′W / 31.4°N 81.5°W / 31.4; -81.5 (Lewis Island Tract) | McIntosh | state (Department of Natural Resources) | One of the most extensive bottomland hardwood swamps in Georgia. website | |
7 | Marshall Forest | ![]() | 1966 | 34°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 | ![]() | 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 | 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 | ![]() | 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 | Wade Tract Preserve | 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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