Hours & Directions

Hours

Admission gate opens daily at 9 a.m.
Closing times are:
Jan. 1 to Mar. 15 - 5 p.m.
Mar. 16 through Sunday preceding Labor Day - 8 p.m.; Half-price admission from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Day Butterfly Center, Sibley Horticultural Center and Callaway Discovery Center will be closed at 6 p.m.) The half-price admission beginning at 6 p.m. may not apply during Special Events.
Labor Day through Dec. 31 - 5 p.m.

Directions

Callaway Gardens® is in Pine Mountain, Georgia, 60 minutes southwest of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and 30 minutes north of Columbus.

Note: If using an online mapping service like MapQuest, please use the address "5887 Georgia Highway 354, Pine Mountain, GA 31822." Please note that this address is for the Cottage Front Desk entrance and very close to the main entrance of Callaway Gardens.

Mountain Creek® Inn or Mountain Creek Villas

If you are staying in the Inn or the Villas:
Please check in at the Mountain Creek Inn on U. S. Hwy. 27. You will not use the Gardens Entrance to get to your accommodations.

The Southern Pine Cottages

If you are checking in to a Cottage:
Please check in at the Mountain Creek Inn on U. S. Hwy. 27.

Callaway Gardens entrance

Use this entrance to visit any of our attractions; enjoy golf, fishing and bicycling; or to dine at the Discovery Cafe.

If you are traveling from:

Columbus, GA (30 miles) - Take Interstate 185 North to Ga. Hwy. 18 East (exit 34). Turn right off Hwy. 18 to the entrance of Callaway Gardens.

Atlanta (70 miles) - Take Interstate 85 South to Interstate 185 South (exit 21). From Interstate 185, exit at U. S. Hwy. 27 (exit 42). Follow Hwy. 27 South to Pine Mountain. In Pine Mountain, turn right onto Hwy. 354 West. Proceed to Ga. Hwy. 18 and turn left into Callaway Gardens.

Macon, GA (80 miles) - Take U. S. Hwy. 80 West to Ga. Hwy. 208 West to U. S. Hwy. 27 North. Proceed through Hamilton and past the Callaway Gardens Country Store (approximately 10 minutes). Remain on Hwy 27 and turn left into the Callaway Gardens Hwy 27 entrance.

Montgomery, AL (110 miles) - Take Interstate 85 to Ga. Hwy. 18 East (exit 2). Turn right off Hwy. 18 to the entrance of Callaway Gardens.

Albany, GA (110 miles) - Take Corridor Z (Ga. Hwy. 280) to Columbus. In Columbus take Interstate 185 North to Ga. Hwy. 18 East (exit 34). Turn right off Hwy. 18 to the entrance of Callaway Gardens.

Birmingham, AL (150 miles) - Take U. S. Hwy. 280 East to Opelika and take Interstate 85 North to Ga. Hwy. 18 East (exit 2). Turn right off Hwy. 18 to the entrance of Callaway Gardens.

Tallahassee, FL (200 miles) - Take U. S. Hwy. 319 North to Thomasville, then U. S. Hwy. 19 to Albany. Proceed using directions listed above for Albany.