Can you drive through Wormsloe?

Yes. You drive in through the gate and down the oak avenue in your own car, and you park at the site. You can also walk the avenue, which runs about a mile and a half and takes most people around half an hour each way at an unhurried pace, and shuttle tours run at the site so that some visitors ride back rather than walk both directions. What you cannot do is see the avenue without paying, because it starts inside the entrance and admission is charged per person rather than per car.

Drive the avenue?Yes

Walk it?Yes

LengthAbout 1.5 miles

On footAbout 30 min each way

ShuttleRuns at the site

ParkingAt the site

Driving it

Slowly is the only sensible speed, and not only because of the surface. The point of the avenue is the way the oaks close over the road, and at any pace above a crawl you have gone through it before you have looked at it. Pull over where it is safe to do so rather than stopping in the middle of the road, because on a busy morning you are not the only car in there. Parking is at the site, past the avenue.

Walking it

Walking is the better version if you have the time and the weather is kind. A mile and a half each way is a real walk in August humidity and a pleasant one in March. The shuttle is the compromise: ride one direction, walk the other. Between them these three options change how long the visit takes more than anything else does — how long to spend.

There is no free drive-through

People ask whether they can just drive down and turn round without paying, and the answer is no. The avenue is inside the gate and admission is charged per person rather than per car, so a full car pays four times over. Georgia State Parks listed the adult rate at $12 at the time of writing and those figures change, so confirm before you set off with a family: the four age tiers.

Insider tip

Drive in, park, then walk back up the avenue on foot for ten minutes and turn round. You get the walking version of the best stretch without committing to three miles, and the light coming back towards the gate is the one worth photographing.

Letting somebody else drive

The six-hour trip from Savannah that pairs Wormsloe with Bonaventure Cemetery, from $59 and rated 4.8 across 285 reviews, includes transport and takes the driving off you entirely. One reviewer did note that the bus does not like bumps in the road, which is fair and worth knowing before you book it.

Check dates for the Wormsloe tour

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure on most tours — book now, decide later.

Frequently asked questions

Can I drive through Wormsloe?

Yes. You drive in through the gate, down the oak avenue and park at the site. Admission is charged per person rather than per car — the four age tiers.

Can you walk the Wormsloe avenue?

Yes. It runs about a mile and a half, which is roughly half an hour each way at an unhurried pace. Shuttle tours run at the site, so some visitors ride one direction and walk the other.

Can I see the avenue of oaks without paying?

No. The avenue begins inside the entrance and there is no public vantage point that gives you the tunnel-of-oaks view — where the photograph actually works.