I GEORGIA VE:TE:RANS 
6:J~_p;_ MEMORIAL 
SJ v'f ;LOO!>- - - STATE PARK 
 
FACILITIES  1 3o8 Acres 
n Tem. Trailer. 
RVcampsnes cable TV hookups  The Lake Blackshear Resor1and Golf Club (78 lodge rooms, Ioco11ages. conference cemer and res1auran1)  18-Hole Golf Course and Pro Shop  SwimmingBeach  Manna  1-m1le NatureTrail  4 P1cnIc Shehers  zGroup Shelters (sea1100 and so>  Pioneer Cam~round  R CModel Airplane Flying Field 
ACTIVITIES 
 Golf  Boating and Skiing - 
pnv111eboa1s permitted  Fishing- bass. bream. crappie. ca1hsh 
~ , SAM Shonhne Excursion Train 
aHISTOIICSmS , , ~ 
 
Esmbhshed as a mcmorJal to U S. ve1erans. 1hls park remures a museum wnh aircraft . armored vehicles. uniforms. weapons, medals and 01her items from 1he Revolu11onary War 1hrough the Gulf War The Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Club Is a pnvaIely opermed conference cemer wnh 78 lodge rooms. 10 couagcs and a res1auran1 The SAM Shonhne Excursion Train runs 1hrough 1he park on ns way from Cordele 10 Plains. allowing riders 10 see an am,que 1elephone museum, Hab11a1 for Humannys Global Village, Pres,dem Jimmy Caner's boyhood farm and 01her aurawons. An 18-hole golf course and pro shop. along w11h 8.600-acre Lake Blackshear. make 1h1s one of Georgia's mos1popular siate parks 
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 Georgia Vetera 
emorlal State Park 
 
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Located 9 miles west ol 1-75 (ex,t 1101) near Cordele on U.S. Hwy. 280 
 
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS 
 
 SAM Short line Excursion Tram  Andersonville Nm,onal 
H1s1or1c Site  Warner Robins Air Museum  Providence Canyon 
State Conservauon Park 
 
 Georgia Rural Telephone Museum 
 J,mmy Carter Natl Historic Sne  Chehaw Wild Animal Park  Jefferson Dav,s Memorial 
S1a1e Historic S11e 
 
HOURS Park Hours: 7 a.m.-10 p.m Office Hours 8 am -; p.m 
 
INFORMATION 
 
Georg,a Ve.erans Memorial 
 
Georgia State Parks 
 
S1a1e Park 
 
and Hrstortc Sites 
 
2459-A U.S Highway z8o West 
 
2 MLK Jr. Drive. Sulle 13:;i 
 
Cordele. GA 31015 Park u9-z76-2371 Golf u9-1.762m 
 
Atlanta. GA 30334 404-6,;62no 
 
Lake Blackshear Resort i!nd Golf Club 1-800-459-11.30 
 
SAM Shortline Excursion Train 1-8n-4z7-2457 
 
For Reservations: 800-864-7275 or www.gastateparks.org www.golfgeorgia.org www.SamShortline.com 
 
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STATE PARKS & HISTORICSITES