Overview
Americus is in the Classic Heartland of Georgia. It is home to a preserved Confederate prisoner-of-war camp.
3 sights · 1 places to stay
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Best things about Americus
Andersonville National Historic Site
Preserves Camp Sumter (also known as Andersonville Prison), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War. It includes the National Prisoner of War Museum, which offers two park films: one focused on A…
Koinonia Farm
A historical intentional community built on inclusiveness that emerged during the Civil Rights era underscoring the ability for all races and creeds to be able to work together and out of which sprung the Habitat for Hum…
Lindbergh First Solo Flight Monument
Statue commemorating where Charles Lindbergh made his first solo flight.
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Feb–May, Sep–Nov. Summer highs reach about 93°F; winter lows dip to about 38°F. Very hot (Jun, Jul, Aug) — plan outdoor time for mornings. Wettest: Mar and Dec. (climate data from nearby Columbus)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- ABY Southwest Georgia Regional Airport, Albany — 37 mi away. Directions
- CSG Columbus Airport, Columbus — 52 mi away. Directions
- ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta — 109 mi away (major hub). Directions
Americus is about an hour southeast of Columbus or an hour north of Albany, by car.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
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Sample 1-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Andersonville National Historic Site, Lindbergh First Solo Flight Monument
- Afternoon Koinonia Farm
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
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Understand
Once known as the "Metropolis of Southwest Georgia", Americus was a city of prominence: it had the only privately financed railroad in the state, the first electric street car system, and a status as a cotton distribution center. What started as a town in 1859 became all this and a place for colleges, military installations, a World War II German POW camp, and a center of minor league baseball.
Americus has been visited by everal notable people: Booker T Washington, Charles Lindbergh, FDR, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Americus has also been part and parcel to some of the darkest and brightest moments of humanity, namely through witness of the Andersonville prisoner of war camp where Union soldiers endured the harshest of elements in survival during the Civil War, and the interracial Koinonia farm and Habitat for Humanity, movements that sprung out of the Civil Rights era with a vision of harmony and spiritual partnership for all.
Get in
Americus is about an hour southeast of Columbus or an hour north of Albany, by car.
See
See Andersonville National Historic Site
Preserves Camp Sumter (also known as Andersonville Prison), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War. It includes the National Prisoner of War Museum, which offers two park films: one focused on Andersonville, the other on prisoners of war throughout American history.
See Koinonia Farm
A historical intentional community built on inclusiveness that emerged during the Civil Rights era underscoring the ability for all races and creeds to be able to work together and out of which sprung the Habitat for Humanity organization. Open for visits, retreats, or internships.
Buy
The Habitat for Humanity Global Village and Discovery Center where you could visit a recreated Papua New Guinean shanty on stilts or a Haitian lean-to has closed in this town where Habitat For Humanity originated, but you can still visit their store across the street:
Sleep
Go next
- Plains is famous for the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park.
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