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Savannah, on foot

Riverfront, historic squares and museums. 12 walks, 52 places. Area guides and walking routes

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Neighbourhoods

Savannah: River Street and riverfront monuments

A World Apart memorial → River Street → Old Harbor Light

2.0 km30 min walking8 stops

Neighbourhoods

Savannah: Bull Street squares and Forsyth Park

Johnson Square → Madison Square → Forsyth Fragrant Garden

3.3 km50 min walking8 stops

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Savannah: Telfair and railway museums

Telfair Academy → SCAD Museum of Art → Georgia State Railroad Museum

2.1 km30 min walking7 stops

Neighbourhoods

Savannah: Eastern squares and cathedral

Reynolds Square → Columbia Square → Andrew Low House

1.5 km25 min walking8 stops

Neighbourhoods

Savannah Black history walk: churches, Franklin Square and river

Follow a self-guided map from First Bryan Baptist Church to Franklin Square and the African American Monument, with official tour options

1.3 km20 min walking7 stops

Neighbourhoods

Flannery O’Connor’s Savannah: southern squares walking map

Walk from the writer’s childhood home through Troup, Whitefield and Taylor squares to King–Tisdell Cottage and Forsyth Park

2.2 km35 min walking6 stops

All walking routes

River Street and riverfront monuments ↗

A World Apart memorial → Savannah City Hall → African-American Monument → Rousakis Riverfront Plaza → River Street → The Waving Girl → Emmet Park → Old Harbor Light

2.0 km30 min walkingCity walk

Bull Street squares and Forsyth Park ↗

Johnson Square → Wright Square → Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace → Chippewa Square → Madison Square → Monterey Square → Forsyth Park → Forsyth Fragrant Garden

3.3 km50 min walkingCity walk

Telfair and railway museums ↗

Telfair Academy → Telfair Square → Jepson Center → SCAD Museum of Art → Savannah History Museum → Battlefield Memorial Park → Georgia State Railroad Museum

2.1 km30 min walkingCity walk

Eastern squares and cathedral ↗

Reynolds Square → Lucas Theatre → Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters → Davenport House Museum → Columbia Square → Cathedral Basilica of St John the Baptist → Lafayette Square → Andrew Low House

1.5 km25 min walkingCity walk

African American history by the river ↗

First Bryan Baptist Church → Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum → First African Baptist Church → Franklin Square → City Market → Ellis Square → African-American Monument

1.3 km20 min walkingCity walk

Southern squares and literary houses ↗

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home → Troup Square → Whitefield Square → Susie King Taylor Square → King-Tisdell Cottage → Forsyth Park

2.2 km35 min walkingCity walk

Mansions around Madison Square ↗

Harper Fowlkes House → Pulaski Square → Sorrel–Weed House → Green-Meldrim House → Madison Square → Poetter Hall → Mercer Williams House → Congregation Mickve Israel

1.6 km25 min walkingCity walk

Market and maritime history ↗

Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum → Franklin Square → City Market → American Prohibition Museum → Ellis Square → Savannah City Hall → River Street

1.2 km20 min walkingCity walk

Theatres and literary addresses ↗

Lucas Theatre → Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters → Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace → Savannah Theatre → Chippewa Square → Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home

1.5 km25 min walkingCity walk

Forsyth and quiet western squares ↗

Forsyth Fragrant Garden → Forsyth Park → Chatham Square → Pulaski Square → Harper Fowlkes House → Jepson Center

3.2 km50 min walkingCity walk

Historic centre churches and synagogue ↗

First African Baptist Church → Johnson Square → Wright Square → Cathedral Basilica of St John the Baptist → Andrew Low House → Congregation Mickve Israel

2.1 km30 min walkingCity walk

First walk: market, river and squares ↗

City Market → Ellis Square → Johnson Square → Savannah City Hall → River Street → Reynolds Square → Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters → Wright Square

1.7 km25 min walkingCity walk

Places on the map

How these guides are made

Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed