City of Conyers, GA
Home Menu10 Free Things to Do in Conyers
Make your first stop the Conyers Welcome Center and explore the historic Olde Conyers Depot (1891).
- Imagine riding the rails on the Milstead 104 "Dinky" Steam Locomotive, a 1905 Rogers steam locomotive in Olde Town Conyers (pictured).
- Wander the Lewis Vaughn Botanical Garden in Olde Town and view plants and flowers of the Georgia Piedmont region.
- Discover the Old Jail Museum (1897) and its "hanging room." The Rockdale County Historical Society offers free tours of the jail the second Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (pictured).
- Enjoy the 1,400 acres Georgia International Horse Park, a legacy of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, now offering year-round events. Many events are free to the public!
Wander the Big Haynes Creek Nature Center trails at the Georgia International Horse Park.
- Seek the peaceful serenity of the Rockdale County Master Gardener's Memorial Arboretum, located at the Georgia International Horse Park.
- Renew your spirit with a stop at Georgia's only Monastery of the Holy Spirit, home to Cistercian monks for over 65 years, and admire the beauty of Bonsai specimens.
- Walk with heroes at the Georgia Veterans War Memorial/Walk of Heroes remembering the sacrifices made during the twentieth century by veterans on a battlefield and by their families on the home front.
- Visit Haralson Mill Covered Bridge, one of fifteen covered bridges in Georgia.