Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway
Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Georgia. Within Georgia it covers roughly 60 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway is a 55-mile loop through west-central Georgia, approved by GDOT in 2005 and centered on Warm Springs, where Franklin D. Roosevelt spent parts of three decades seeking relief from polio in the town's mineral springs. Starting at the Warm Springs Welcome Center on SR 85, the loop runs north to the small town of Gay and back on the SR 109 spur, passing FDR's Little White House, now a state historic site, along with spots the president is said to have frequented, including Flat Shoals for fishing and picnicking and a hollow locally known for Prohibition-era bootleg whiskey. Most of the route rolls gently through farmland and straight country roads, but Cove Road breaks that pattern with steep grades and tight turns. The Red Oak Covered Bridge, Oakland Baptist Church, and the old Jones Mill grist mill and pond mark the rural landscape, and Gay's Cotton Pickin' Fair each May and October draws thousands of visitors from across the Southeast.
- 55-mile loop, Warm Springs to Gay
- GDOT-approved 2005
- FDR's Little White House heritage
- Red Oak Covered Bridge & Jones Mill
- Cotton Pickin' Fair, May & October
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Meriwether-Pike Scenic Byway
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