242 towns, 159 counties
Georgia Hunting Towns
242 Georgia towns used as starting points for public hunting: every county seat plus base towns for the big WMAs, wildlife refuges and military posts, each with nearby land, county zones, seasons, harvest and local services.
242Towns
159County seats
104Base towns for named areas
57With 20,000+ acres in 10 mi
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Georgia towns by WRD game management region
Each town is filed under the Wildlife Resources Division region that manages its county: Armuchee and Gainesville in the mountains and upper piedmont, Thomson in the east, Fitzgerald and Albany across the coastal plain, and Brunswick on the coast.
Every Georgia hunting town, grouped by region
Region 1 (Armuchee) (44)
- AtlantaFulton County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- Berry CollegeFloyd County · 19,064 acres in 10 mi
- BraswellPaulding County · 35,514 acres in 10 mi
- BuchananHaralson County · 5,872 acres in 10 mi
- CalhounGordon County · 12,026 acres in 10 mi
- CantonCherokee County · 3,831 acres in 10 mi
- CarrolltonCarroll County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- CartersvilleBartow County · 8,910 acres in 10 mi
- CedartownPolk County · 3,689 acres in 10 mi
- CentralhatcheeHeard County · 3,298 acres in 10 mi
- ChatsworthMurray County · 33,452 acres in 10 mi
- Cherry LogGilmer County · 60,036 acres in 10 mi
- DallasPaulding County · 28,121 acres in 10 mi
- DaltonWhitfield County · 12,871 acres in 10 mi
- DouglasvilleDouglas County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- East EllijayGilmer County · 23,724 acres in 10 mi
- EllijayGilmer County · 32,374 acres in 10 mi
- EmersonBartow County · 8,957 acres in 10 mi
- EtonMurray County · 50,371 acres in 10 mi
- EuharleeBartow County · 13,499 acres in 10 mi
- FayettevilleFayette County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- FranklinHeard County · 9,139 acres in 10 mi
- GreenvilleMeriwether County · 276 acres in 10 mi
- GriffinSpalding County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- JasperPickens County · 7,843 acres in 10 mi
- JonesboroClayton County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- LaFayetteWalker County · 30,401 acres in 10 mi
- LaGrangeTroup County · 2,938 acres in 10 mi
- MariettaCobb County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- McDonoughHenry County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- NewnanCoweta County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- PlainvilleGordon County · 12,524 acres in 10 mi
- RangerGordon County · 7,595 acres in 10 mi
- ResacaGordon County · 31,080 acres in 10 mi
- RinggoldCatoosa County · 1,961 acres in 10 mi
- Rock SpringWalker County · 14,024 acres in 10 mi
- RockmartPolk County · 30,685 acres in 10 mi
- RomeFloyd County · 18,230 acres in 10 mi
- ShannonFloyd County · 9,883 acres in 10 mi
- SummervilleChattooga County · 20,599 acres in 10 mi
- TaylorsvilleBartow County · 23,371 acres in 10 mi
- TrentonDade County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- West PointTroup County · 3,175 acres in 10 mi
- ZebulonPike County · 0 acres in 10 mi
Region 2 (Gainesville) (35)
- AltoBanks County · 19,611 acres in 10 mi
- AthensClarke County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- BlairsvilleUnion County · 76,827 acres in 10 mi
- Blue RidgeFannin County · 45,909 acres in 10 mi
- CarnesvilleFranklin County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- ClarkesvilleHabersham County · 44,152 acres in 10 mi
- ClaytonRabun County · 96,466 acres in 10 mi
- ClevelandWhite County · 28,057 acres in 10 mi
- ConyersRockdale County · 488 acres in 10 mi
- CovingtonNewton County · 1,583 acres in 10 mi
- CummingForsyth County · 719 acres in 10 mi
- DahlonegaLumpkin County · 28,679 acres in 10 mi
- DanielsvilleMadison County · 436 acres in 10 mi
- DawsonvilleDawson County · 23,561 acres in 10 mi
- DecaturDeKalb County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- ElbertonElbert County · 3,461 acres in 10 mi
- EpworthFannin County · 29,826 acres in 10 mi
- GainesvilleHall County · 1,248 acres in 10 mi
- HartwellHart County · 1,005 acres in 10 mi
- HelenWhite County · 96,225 acres in 10 mi
- HiawasseeTowns County · 80,611 acres in 10 mi
- HomerBanks County · 3,673 acres in 10 mi
- JeffersonJackson County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- LawrencevilleGwinnett County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- LexingtonOglethorpe County · 1,182 acres in 10 mi
- MansfieldNewton County · 9,022 acres in 10 mi
- MonroeWalton County · 57 acres in 10 mi
- MorgantonFannin County · 41,402 acres in 10 mi
- Mount AiryHabersham County · 32,548 acres in 10 mi
- Mountain CityRabun County · 92,861 acres in 10 mi
- Sky ValleyRabun County · 69,251 acres in 10 mi
- Tate CityTowns County · 68,320 acres in 10 mi
- ToccoaStephens County · 40,486 acres in 10 mi
- WatkinsvilleOconee County · 901 acres in 10 mi
- WinderBarrow County · 1,773 acres in 10 mi
Region 3 (Thomson) (44)
- ApplingColumbia County · 3,795 acres in 10 mi
- AugustaRichmond County · 31,580 acres in 10 mi
- BarnesvilleLamar County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- BlytheRichmond County · 54,950 acres in 10 mi
- BolingbrokeMonroe County · 11,194 acres in 10 mi
- BostwickMorgan County · 7,306 acres in 10 mi
- CentervilleHouston County · 6,499 acres in 10 mi
- CrawfordvilleTaliaferro County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- Crooked CreekPutnam County · 5,158 acres in 10 mi
- EatontonPutnam County · 47,004 acres in 10 mi
- ForsythMonroe County · 4,780 acres in 10 mi
- Fort ValleyPeach County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- GibsonGlascock County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- GodfreyMorgan County · 30,096 acres in 10 mi
- GrayJones County · 17,455 acres in 10 mi
- GreensboroGreene County · 18,295 acres in 10 mi
- GrovetownColumbia County · 41,970 acres in 10 mi
- IrwintonWilkinson County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- JacksonButts County · 3,146 acres in 10 mi
- JeffersonvilleTwiggs County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- JulietteMonroe County · 61,012 acres in 10 mi
- KnoxvilleCrawford County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- Lincoln ParkUpson County · 10,361 acres in 10 mi
- LincolntonLincoln County · 5,554 acres in 10 mi
- LouisvilleJefferson County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- MaconBibb County · 8,861 acres in 10 mi
- MadisonMorgan County · 11,361 acres in 10 mi
- MilledgevilleBaldwin County · 1,351 acres in 10 mi
- MonticelloJasper County · 35,316 acres in 10 mi
- PerryHouston County · 3,186 acres in 10 mi
- SandersvilleWashington County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- SardisBurke County · 8,387 acres in 10 mi
- Shady DaleJasper County · 35,292 acres in 10 mi
- SmarrMonroe County · 5,735 acres in 10 mi
- SpartaHancock County · 4 acres in 10 mi
- Sunset VillageUpson County · 16,690 acres in 10 mi
- ThomastonUpson County · 7,723 acres in 10 mi
- ThomsonMcDuffie County · 5,266 acres in 10 mi
- Warner RobinsHouston County · 7,263 acres in 10 mi
- WarrentonWarren County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- WashingtonWilkes County · 799 acres in 10 mi
- WaynesboroBurke County · 7,954 acres in 10 mi
- White PlainsGreene County · 4,298 acres in 10 mi
- WoodvilleGreene County · 15,893 acres in 10 mi
Region 4 (Fitzgerald) (36)
- AbbevilleWilcox County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- AdrianEmanuel County · 3,907 acres in 10 mi
- AlamoWheeler County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- AlmaBacon County · 225 acres in 10 mi
- AshburnTurner County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- BaxleyAppling County · 429 acres in 10 mi
- BroxtonCoffee County · 1,687 acres in 10 mi
- ClaxtonEvans County · 18,752 acres in 10 mi
- CochranBleckley County · 15,468 acres in 10 mi
- DouglasCoffee County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- DublinLaurens County · 3,959 acres in 10 mi
- EastmanDodge County · 443 acres in 10 mi
- FitzgeraldBen Hill County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- GlennvilleTattnall County · 38,900 acres in 10 mi
- GrahamAppling County · 13,024 acres in 10 mi
- HawkinsvillePulaski County · 11,598 acres in 10 mi
- HazlehurstJeff Davis County · 10,399 acres in 10 mi
- Lumber CityTelfair County · 5,775 acres in 10 mi
- LyonsToombs County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- McRae-HelenaTelfair County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- MetterCandler County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- MillenJenkins County · 1,693 acres in 10 mi
- Mount VernonMontgomery County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- NorristownEmanuel County · 7,281 acres in 10 mi
- OcillaIrwin County · 6,230 acres in 10 mi
- PerkinsJenkins County · 10,222 acres in 10 mi
- ReidsvilleTattnall County · 30 acres in 10 mi
- RinconEffingham County · 20,534 acres in 10 mi
- SopertonTreutlen County · 1,883 acres in 10 mi
- SpringfieldEffingham County · 1,056 acres in 10 mi
- StatesboroBulloch County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- SwainsboroEmanuel County · 9,302 acres in 10 mi
- SylvaniaScreven County · 660 acres in 10 mi
- TiftonTift County · 3,827 acres in 10 mi
- UvaldaMontgomery County · 14,280 acres in 10 mi
- WrightsvilleJohnson County · 8 acres in 10 mi
Region 5 (Albany) (40)
- AlbanyDougherty County · 295 acres in 10 mi
- AmericusSumter County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- AntiochHarris County · 6,451 acres in 10 mi
- BainbridgeDecatur County · 4,290 acres in 10 mi
- BlakelyEarly County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- Box SpringsTalbot County · 27,131 acres in 10 mi
- BoykinMiller County · 2,624 acres in 10 mi
- Buena VistaMarion County · 10,099 acres in 10 mi
- ButlerTaylor County · 3,359 acres in 10 mi
- CairoGrady County · 2,575 acres in 10 mi
- CamillaMitchell County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- ColquittMiller County · 6,221 acres in 10 mi
- ColumbusMuscogee County · 810 acres in 10 mi
- CordeleCrisp County · 169 acres in 10 mi
- CussetaChattahoochee County · 3,786 acres in 10 mi
- CuthbertRandolph County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- DawsonTerrell County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- DonalsonvilleSeminole County · 1,393 acres in 10 mi
- EllavilleSchley County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- FacevilleDecatur County · 12,989 acres in 10 mi
- Fort GainesClay County · 624 acres in 10 mi
- GeorgetownQuitman County · 6,117 acres in 10 mi
- HamiltonHarris County · 6,732 acres in 10 mi
- HowardTaylor County · 11,319 acres in 10 mi
- LearyCalhoun County · 19,838 acres in 10 mi
- LeesburgLee County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- LumpkinStewart County · 5,540 acres in 10 mi
- MorganCalhoun County · 2,435 acres in 10 mi
- MoultrieColquitt County · 723 acres in 10 mi
- NewtonBaker County · 4,378 acres in 10 mi
- OglethorpeMacon County · 762 acres in 10 mi
- PlainsSumter County · 4,359 acres in 10 mi
- PrestonWebster County · 4,359 acres in 10 mi
- QuitmanBrooks County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- RichlandStewart County · 6,670 acres in 10 mi
- SylvesterWorth County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- TalbottonTalbot County · 20,519 acres in 10 mi
- ThomasvilleThomas County · 2,575 acres in 10 mi
- ViennaDooly County · 169 acres in 10 mi
- WoodlandTalbot County · 15,324 acres in 10 mi
Region 6 (Brunswick) (43)
- AdelCook County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- BemissLowndes County · 10,960 acres in 10 mi
- BlackshearPierce County · 3,750 acres in 10 mi
- BrunswickGlynn County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- BuckheadBryan County · 29,325 acres in 10 mi
- Country Club EstatesGlynn County · 10,166 acres in 10 mi
- CrescentMcIntosh County · 16,654 acres in 10 mi
- DarienMcIntosh County · 38,585 acres in 10 mi
- EnigmaBerrien County · 7,822 acres in 10 mi
- EuloniaMcIntosh County · 10,020 acres in 10 mi
- EverettGlynn County · 80,973 acres in 10 mi
- FargoClinch County · 28,802 acres in 10 mi
- FlemingtonLiberty County · 72,083 acres in 10 mi
- FolkstonCharlton County · 20,317 acres in 10 mi
- GardiWayne County · 49,418 acres in 10 mi
- GumbranchLiberty County · 66,785 acres in 10 mi
- HinesvilleLiberty County · 59,253 acres in 10 mi
- HobokenBrantley County · 19,282 acres in 10 mi
- HomelandCharlton County · 27,111 acres in 10 mi
- HomervilleClinch County · 333 acres in 10 mi
- JesupWayne County · 18,146 acres in 10 mi
- LakelandLanier County · 10,526 acres in 10 mi
- LudowiciLong County · 32,076 acres in 10 mi
- NahuntaBrantley County · 527 acres in 10 mi
- NashvilleBerrien County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- NaylorLowndes County · 11,674 acres in 10 mi
- OffermanPierce County · 18,378 acres in 10 mi
- PearsonAtkinson County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- PembrokeBryan County · 74,419 acres in 10 mi
- Port WentworthChatham County · 30,518 acres in 10 mi
- Ray CityBerrien County · 11,129 acres in 10 mi
- Richmond HillBryan County · 40,234 acres in 10 mi
- SavannahChatham County · 11,315 acres in 10 mi
- ScrevenWayne County · 19,164 acres in 10 mi
- Skidaway IslandChatham County · 21,437 acres in 10 mi
- St. MarysCamden County · 7,112 acres in 10 mi
- StatenvilleEchols County · 0 acres in 10 mi
- SterlingGlynn County · 41,174 acres in 10 mi
- SunnysideWare County · 14,992 acres in 10 mi
- ValdostaLowndes County · 3,107 acres in 10 mi
- WaycrossWare County · 20,840 acres in 10 mi
- Wilmington IslandChatham County · 10,146 acres in 10 mi
- WoodbineCamden County · 16,362 acres in 10 mi
Towns and populations from the Census 2024 Gazetteer and Vintage 2024 estimates; public acreage within 10 miles is a GIS measure over WRD WMA, USFS, USFWS and DoD boundaries; regions from the WRD contact page. Checked October 13, 2026.
Every Georgia hunting town on the map
Highlighted pins have 20,000 or more public acres within 10 miles.
Georgia towns with the most public land within 10 miles
Acreage counts WMA, national forest, wildlife refuge and military hunting land inside a 10 mile radius of each town. Corps lakes and other point-only sites add no acres.
Base towns for Georgia WMAs, refuges and posts
104 towns were picked because they are the closest town of 250 or more people (or a Census village) to a large WMA, a national wildlife refuge or a military installation open to hunting. 21 of them are also county seats.
Questions about the Georgia town guides
How were these Georgia towns chosen?
All 159 county seats, plus a base town for each large WRD WMA (4,000 acres or more), each national wildlife refuge with hunting and Fort Stewart and Fort Eisenhower: the nearest town within 12 miles, and sometimes a second one. 242 towns in all.
Which town has the most public land nearby?
Clayton, with about 96,466 acres within 10 miles, followed by Helen and Mountain City.
How many towns have no public acreage within 10 miles?
50 of 242. Their pages list the nearest WMAs and other land farther out.
Which region has the most towns?
Region 1 (Armuchee), with 44.
Which is the largest town listed?
Atlanta, with about 520,070 residents in the 2024 Census estimate.
Why do some towns show no population?
37 are Census villages (CDPs) or places with no Census record, and the Vintage 2024 estimates cover only incorporated places.
How are distances measured?
Straight-line miles from each town’s Census point. Lands whose boundary lies within 10 miles are flagged and listed first; the rest are ranked by the distance to their mapped centre.
What does each town page cover?
Public land in reach with acreage, the county’s either-sex, bear and alligator zones, private-land season dates, Game Check deer and turkey reports, WMA harvest, processors, taxidermists, shops, WRD offices, ranges, events and nearby towns.
From places.json (Census and WRD, USFS, USFWS and DoD layers) and lands.json, checked October 13, 2026.
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