Callaway Resort & Gardens

Callaway Resort & Gardens is a hotel in Pine Mountain, Georgia, set across 2,500 acres of woodland trails, seasonal gardens, and lakes. Guests stay in lodge rooms, two-bedroom cottages with full kitchens, fireplaces, and screened porches, or villas ranging from two to four bedrooms. Robin Lake Beach, described as America's largest inland white sand beach, is included with a stay, along with the gardens, pools, and woodland trails. Golf is available on the Lake View and Mountain View courses, two historic courses totaling 36 scenic holes, and The Spa at Callaway offers treatments in spaces including a Himalayan Salt Room. Dining spans Southern specialties, pub favorites, healthy fare, and creative cuisine. The resort holds a 4.40 rating from 8,645 reviews.

The property's history traces to founders Cason and Virginia Callaway, who began preserving the west Georgia woods in the early 1930s after discovering a native plum leaf azalea in bloom, and opened the gardens to the public in 1952. Virginia directed the horticultural design, choosing the native azaleas and flowers that line the lakeside paths. The Ida Cason Callaway Foundation, a non-profit, supports enrichment, recreation, and conservation work, including a Birds of Prey program and a butterfly conservatory that has housed more than 2,000 butterflies since 1988. Other features include a woodland chapel built in 1962, a 35,000-square-foot discovery center, an 1830s log cabin moved to the property in 1959, and a 1,200-acre National Natural Landmark established in 1971.

The resort sits on US-27 in Pine Mountain, with separate entrances for the gardens, the resort lodging, and Robin Lake Beach.

Its rating across more than 8,600 reviews reflects a solid reputation and an established track record among the guests it has served.