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Lake Road Jefferson County, Florida Gadsden County Old Centerville Road Avalon Road Bippus Road Gum Swamp Road Old BainbridgeHA Road VANA Gum Swamp Road Simpson Road Lake Whitehouse Road Miccosukee MONTICELLO Leon County, Florida Pisgah Church Road Centerville Road/Moccasin Gap Road Meridian Road Lake Hall

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Cultural & Historical Visitor centers in the greater Red Hills Region provide Florida Historic Capitol Museum Pebble Hill Plantation Cascades Park flhistoriccapitol.gov pebblehill.com discovercascades.com detailed information on 400 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 1251 U.S. 319, Thomasville, GA 1001 S. Gadsden Street, Tallahassee, FL (850) 487-1902 (229) 226-2344 (850) 891-3866 historic districts, upcoming Restored to its 1902 appearance, the Historic Capitol stands as an icon at Listed on the National Register of Historic Located in the heart of downtown, the park offers a multitude of cultural events, local festivals, the center of Florida’s Capitol complex. Places, this once premier hunting opportunities for recreation, entertainment, cultural arts and history. plantation and estate with 3,000 acres, and more. Goodwood Museum & Gardens stands as testimony to the sporting Cherokee Lake & Rose Garden lifestyle of the early 1900’s. goodwoodmuseum.org thomasvill.org/content/default/10/236/231/city-of-thomasville/parks- Grady County, Jefferson County, and-facilities.html Georgia Florida 1600 Miccosukee Road, Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee Museum 420 Covington Avenue, Thomasville, GA cairochamber.com visitjeffersoncountyflorida.com (850) 877-4202 tallahasseemuseum.org (229)-228-7977 mainstreetmonticello.org Situated on sixteen acres of sprawling 3945 Museum Drive, Tallahassee, FL Leon County, lawns, gardens and centuries old live oaks, Fishing lake with pier, walking trail and blooming rose garden create a (850) 575-8684 Thomas County, the Main House and thirteen outbuildings scenic outdoor experience for all. Florida provide a glimpse of a past era. Visitors can explore Florida’s diverse visittallahassee.com Georgia history, nature trails, and living exhibits Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park thomasvillega.com Grady County Museum & History Center of native wildlife amidst 52 acres of talgov.com/parks/parks-parks-phipps.aspx natural landscape. gradyhistorical.org 4000 N. Meridian Road, Tallahassee, FL (850) 891-3866 101 N. Broad Street, Cairo, GA Tall Timbers Research Station & (229) 377-5142 Land Conservancy Hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking trails are located throughout this 670 acre tract of land on the eastern shore of Lake talltimbers.org Collectables, memorabilia, antiques, and rotating historical and art Jackson. exhibits are located in a historic downtown building. 13093 Henry Beadel Drive, Tallahassee, FL (850) 893-4153 Lafayette Heritage Trail Park Hardy Bryan House A prominent research and conservation talgov.com/parks/parks-parks-trail-lafayette.aspx thomasvillelandmarks.org center, the former antebellum hunting 49000 Heritage Park Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL The Red Hills Region of North 312 N. Broad Street, Thomasville, GA plantation comprises 4,000 acres on (850) 891-3866 (229) 226-6016 the north shore of Lake Iamonia offering Florida & Southwest Georgia tours of the historic Beadel House and This scenic, lakeside park with abundant wildlife, offers visitors a place to The historic Hardy Bryan House is the headquarters of Thomasville the Jones Family Tenant House. fish, hike, bike, run, walk or simply relax and reflect. Landmarks, a historic preservation organization. elcome to the Red Hills! This revered American Thomasville Center for the Arts Lake Jackson Archaeological Mounds State Park James T. Perkins House landscape provides a distinctive sense of place thomasvillearts.org floridastateparks.org/lakejackson W taltrust.org for the people of the Region. Bracketed between two 600 E. Washington Street, Thomasville, GA 3600 Indian Mounds Road, Tallahassee, FL 423 E. Virginia Street, Tallahassee, FL (229) 226-0588 (850) 922-6007 southern rivers and straddling the Georgia-Florida (850) 488-7334 Dedicated to enriching the creative life of the community, the center is The park encompasses four earthen border, the Red Hills Region is ecologically, historically, The historic home is the headquarters for the Tallahassee Trust for located in the former East Side School which is listed on the National temple mounds, with two available for and culturally distinct. The rolling landscape is a mosaic Historic Preservation. Register of Historic Places. viewing by the public along with an interpretive trail. of pine parklands, hardwood forests, grassy plains, and Jack Hadley Black History Museum Thomas County Museum of History natural lakes that are rich in biological diversity and jackhadleyblackhistorymuseum.com thomascountyhistory.org Lost Creek Forest historical significance. Serving as a lifeline between lostcreekforest.org 214 Alexander Street, Thomasville, GA 725 N. Dawson Street, Thomasville, GA coastal and northern wildlands, the Red Hills provides (229) 226-5029 (229) 226-7664 Airport Road, Thomasville, GA a ‘bio-reserve’ that ensures habitat corridors and genetic Museum exhibits include more than 2,000 African-American artifacts with Located in the historic Flowers-Roberts Volunteers lead interpretive tours through this pristine slope forest and diversity, necessary for the survival of all wildlife. Decades emphasis on Thomas County achievers displayed on the former campus wetlands located on public land. house, the museum archives, exhibits of active land management have maintained habitat for of Douglass High School. and grounds share the rich history of Thomas County. Miccosukee & Alford Greenways rare species such as the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and Jefferson Heritage Roads cms.leoncountyfl.gov/home/departments/public-works/parks-and- the gopher tortoise. More than 60 species of concern are heritageroadsjeffersoncountyfl.com recreation/greenways Wirick-Simmons House currently documented in the Red Hills Region. Much These remarkably scenic roads offer a glimpse into the history and jcha1827.com (850) 606-1470 of the Red Hills land has retained its pristine beauty by natural beauty of Jefferson County. 230 North Jefferson Street, Monticello, FL Created to preserve open space and protect environmentally sensitive virtue of exceptional land management that developed (850) 997-2465 John G. Riley House & Museum features, recreational users can enjoy during the last 100 years. Listed on the National Register of Historic Homes, the Wirick-Simmons running, hiking, cycling and horseback rileymuseum.org House was built in 1831 in a Greek revival architectural style. It is home riding on this public land. 419 E. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, FL to the Jefferson County Historical Association. (850) 681-7881 Monticello Ecological Park Tall Timbers Research Station Built in 1890 by John G. Riley, local educator and civic leader, the home Zebulon Theater visitjeffersoncountyflorida.com/ listed on the National Register of Historic Places commemorates Smokey zebulontheater.com & Land Conservancy South Water Street, Monticello, FL Hollow, an African-American, middle-class community that emerged in 207 N. Broad Street, Cairo, GA the latter part of the nineteenth century. (850) 997-5552 (229) 377-3302 all Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy A popular birding spot near the historic downtown, visitors can explore Built in 1935, this art-deco style, historic theater has been remodeled to (TTRSLC) is dedicated to conserving the ecological, Lapham-Patterson House the old-growth forest and wetlands area. T continue bringing film and cultural events to the region. thomascountyhistory.org/lapham-patterson-house scenic, and historical resources of the Red Hills Region 626 N. Dawson Street, Thomasville, GA River Creek Wildlife Management Area and its traditional rural land uses. TTRSLC has (229) 226-7664 exploregeorgia.org/listing/3850-river-creek-the-rolf-and-alexandra- protected nearly 130,000 acres through conservation Nature & Outdoor Recreation kauka-wildlife-management-area A National Historic Landmark, this easements. These easements protect critical upland US Hwy 84, Thomas County, GA creatively engineered and architecturally wildlife habitat and wetland ecosystems to improve water significant house was built between 1884- Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park (229) 430-4254 1885, as a winter cottage for prosperous floridastateparks.org/maclaygardens Hunting and primitive camping opportunities are offered on this 2,600 quality in our lakes, rivers, and streams. The Red Hills is a shoe merchant C.W. Lapham of Chicago. 3540 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee, FL acre public conservation land. model working landscape in which the stewardship ethic (850) 487-4556 of landowners and support of community partners are Mission San Luis Tallahassee-St.Marks Historic Railroad State Trail Open year-round, the park offers paramount to ensuring the future health of the Region’s missionsanluis.org floridastateparks.org/tallahasseestmarks garden tours featuring a secret garden forests and wetlands. 2100 W. Tennessee Street, Tallahassee, FL and reflection pool, lake recreation 1358 Old Woodville Road Crawfordville, FL (850) 245-6406 opportunities and a multi-use trail (850) 519-6594 A National Historic Landmark and living history museum, Mission San system. The paved 20.5 mile multi-use trail runs from Florida’s capital city to the Luis is the only reconstructed Spanish mission in Florida. coastal town of St. Marks. Aucilla Wildlife Management Area Monticello Opera House myfwc.com/viewing/recreation/wmas/lead/aucilla/recreation & Springs LO monticellooperahouse.org P R The wilderness area of 50,741 acres, including two rivers, offers dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/designated_paddle/wacissa_guide.pdf EX E 185 W. Washington, Street, Monticello, FL abundant recreational opportunities. Designated an Outstanding Florida (850) 997-4242 Waterway, the spring-fed river is a Home to plays, musical events and Birdsong Nature Center recreation hub for swimmers, paddlers, THE conferences, this active opera house was birdsongnaturecenter.org anglers and boaters. built in 1890 and is widely known for its 2106 Meridian Road, Thomasville, GA acoustically perfect sound story theater. (229)-377-4408 Museum of Florida History By fostering understanding and appreciation of nature and its Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve R museumoffloridahistory.com interrelationships, the center invites e G wolfcreektroutlilypreserve.org dh OR 500 S. Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL visitors to explore the 565 acres of illsregion.. (850) 245-6400 natural landscape of forest, meadows Hwy 84, Cairo, GA The museum exhibits and interprets past and present cultures of Florida and swamps. This 140-acre nature preserve is home to the greatest expanse of trout while promoting knowledge and appreciation of this heritage. lilies known to exist and is open for hiking year round.