Savannah
Georgia
Savannah was laid out in 1733 as a grid of wards, each built around a small green square, and most of those squares still hold the monument they were given. You walk it on foot under live oaks hung with Spanish moss, from the river bluff down Bull Street to Forsyth Park, with the marsh, the forts and the Atlantic a short drive east.
5 challenges · 22 stops
STARTERThree Figures on the Riverfront
≈ 1,800 steps0.9 mi · about 2 hoursStarter · 3 stops · 500 credStart where you live.A two-hour walk along River Street and up the bluff to three monuments to people who shaped the port: a woman who waved at every ship, a family freed from chains, and the Haitian soldiers who fought here in 1779.
STANDARDFive Monuments Down Bull Street
≈ 1,700 steps0.8 mi · about 3.5 hoursStandard · 5 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.Half a day walking south on Bull Street from the city's first square to Monterey Square, stopping at the monument in the centre of each of five squares under the oaks.
STANDARDSpires, Graves and the Fountain
≈ 1,900 steps0.9 mi · about 3 hoursStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.A morning walk from the colonial burying ground past the twin spires of the cathedral to Forsyth Park, ending at the white fountain and the memorial at the park's heart. About three hours at an easy pace.
STANDARDThe East End at Dusk
≈ 2,000 steps1.0 mi · about 3 hoursStandard · 4 stops · 600 credOne trip earns it.An evening walk of about three hours from the old harbour light on the east bluff, through two quiet squares, to the Johnny Mercer statue in Ellis Square as the lights come on.
ADVANCEDOaks, Forts and the Atlantic
≈ 4,000 steps + 35 mi by car1.8 mi on foot · a full day · + the walk in to 1 stopAdvanced · 6 stops · 800 credGetting there is not the hard part.A full day by car east of the city: a riverside cemetery, the oak avenue and tabby ruins of Wormsloe, a brick fort on Cockspur Island, and Tybee's lighthouse and pier. Two legs charge an admission fee; start early, as Wormsloe and the cemetery close in the late afternoon.
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