Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway
Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Georgia. Within Georgia it covers roughly 23 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway is a 21-mile Georgia scenic route through Jones County, running from downtown Gray on Highway 11 to the Ocmulgee River at Juliette. The road follows a former Native American trail through the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge, a 35,000-acre preserve for endangered species that includes the six-mile Little Rock Wildlife Drive, itself a smaller scenic loop within the byway's larger route. The corridor carries 200 years of Jones County history, from Creek Indian settlements in the 17th and 18th centuries through the Civil War's Battle of Sunshine Church in 1864. At its end, the byway reaches Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site, a remarkably intact working farm with 20 buildings dating from 1847 to 1940, including a plantation house, sawmill, cotton gin, grist mill, and blacksmith shop, and East Juliette, a small mill village on the Ocmulgee River from the same era. It's a short but historically layered drive ending at one of Georgia's best-preserved 19th-century farmsteads.
- 21 miles, Gray to Juliette on Highway 11
- Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
- Little Rock Wildlife Drive
- Battle of Sunshine Church, 1864
- Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site
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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 Ocmulgee-Piedmont Scenic Byway
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