Local Area Information

Augusta, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia is a very family friendly city, which is part of the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). The CSRA includes thirteen counties in Georgia and five in South Carolina with the Savannah River acting as the border between the two States. The Augusta area offers many recreational and cultural activities such as:

Outdoors and Nature

• The River Walk
• Augusta Canal
• North Augusta Greenway
• Palmetto Parkway
• National Forest- 120,000 acre Sumter National Forest
• 5 local and state parks

Arts, Culture and History

• Historic downtown Augusta
• Augusta Museum of History
• Morris Museum of Art
• Augusta Symphony
• Augusta Ballet

Sports and Fitness

• Augusta Green Jackets (Minor League Baseball team)
• One hundred miles of single track mountain biking trails (Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association- Central Savannah River Area)
• World Championship qualifying Ironman 70.3 triathlon takes place in Augusta.
• Masters Golf Tournament takes place in Augusta. Perhaps you’ve heard of it! If you’ve never experienced “The tradition like no other”, we encourage you to take advantage of your proximity to this historic event.

Post Activities 

• Fort Eisenhower also offers many activities such as comprehensive gyms, 50 meter indoor pool, bowling alley, movie theater, Dinner Theater, regionally recognized golf courses, disc golf course, sportsman’s club, and many lakes for fishing.
• Pointes West Army Resort located on the beautiful 71,000 acre Clark’s Hill Lake offers beach volleyball, swimming beach, picnic areas, and rental cabins.

Local Community

• Columbia County schools are consistently some of the best in Georgia.
• Companies such as ADP, Solvay Advanced Polymers, Starbucks, US Battery, Unisys, the National Security Agency, Club Car, E-Z-GO and the Savannah River Site are located in and around the Augusta area.
• Augusta has four large regionally and nationally recognized hospitals, making it a leader of medicine in Georgia.

Day Trips (within a 2-3 hour drive)

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Historic Charleston, South Carolina
• Savannah, Georgia
• Great Smoky Mountains