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Savannah: Historic squares, Forsyth Park, Tybee Island
Savannah, Georgia, US · 7 stops · 37.3 mi (60 km) · about 1 h 12 min driving · 14 spoken stories
Explore Savannah's colonial grid and Civil War sites before heading to the coast. Start at the airport, wander the moss-draped squares and Forsyth Park, stop at Bonaventure Cemetery and Fort Pulaski, then finish at the lighthouse on Tybee Island. About 72 minutes of driving across 37 miles.
Photo: Jud McCranie, en:user:Bubba73, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Savannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) to Tybee Island Light Station
The stops
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Savannah Historic District
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the pre–Civil War city limits of Savannah, Georgia. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966, and is one of the largest urban, community-wide historic preservation districts in the United States…
“Welcome to the Savannah Historic District, which roughly matches the city limits before the Civil War.”
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Chippewa Square
Chippewa Square is one of the 22 squares of Savannah, Georgia, United States. It is located in the middle row of the city's five rows of squares, on Bull Street and McDonough Street, and was laid out in 1815.
“This is Chippewa Square, laid out in eighteen fifteen and named for the Battle of Chippewa in the War of Eighteen Twelve.”
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Forsyth Park
Forsyth Park is a large city park that occupies 30 acres (0.12 km2) in the Savannah Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, United States. The park is bordered by Gaston Street to the north, Drayton Street to the east, Park Avenue to the south and Whitaker Street to the west.
“Forsyth Park is thirty acres of live oaks and walking paths at the southern edge of the Historic District, bounded by Gaston, Drayton, Park Avenue and Whitaker.”
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The Olde Pink House
lunchThe Olde Pink House is a restaurant and tavern in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on Abercorn Street, in the northwestern trust lot of Reynolds Square, the building dates from 1771. It is bounded by East Bryan Street to the north, Abercorn Street to the east and East Saint Julian Street to the south.
“Lunch today is inside history.”
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Bonaventure Cemetery
Bonaventure Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on a scenic bluff of the Wilmington River, southeast of downtown Savannah, Georgia. The cemetery's prominence grew when it was featured in the 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, and in the subsequent movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, bas…
“Bonaventure Cemetery spreads over nearly a hundred and sixty acres on a bluff above the Wilmington River, the largest of Savannah's municipal cemeteries.”
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Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument is located on Cockspur Island between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, the place where the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannons in 1862, the success of which rendered brick fortifications obsolete. The fort was also used as a prisoner-of-war camp.
“Fort Pulaski sits on Cockspur Island, right between Savannah and Tybee, and it changed military engineering forever.”
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Tybee Island Light Station
The Tybee Island Light is a lighthouse located on the north end of Tybee Island, Georgia. It overlooks the Savannah River at the point where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean.
“Here we are at the end of the road, the Tybee Island Light Station on the island's north end, looking out where the Savannah River meets the Atlantic.”
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