For centuries, Liberty County has held a mystical power over explorers. Spanish sailors wrote dazzling descriptions of a land of clear springs, thick forests, and verdant marshes teeming with wildlife. Passionate struggles have been born and fought on its soil, and a strong legacy of life, liberty, and the pursuit of history lives on. The Historic Liberty Trail is a unique driving tour offering a diverse experience integrating history, culture, and ecology. Begin your tour at Exit 76 of I-95. Using the map provided on the Liberty Trail Map page and the information you will find for each tour stop on this site, you will drive to nine major attractions along The Historic Liberty Trail. Guided and self-guided tours are available at each site.
Midway National Historic District
 The Midway Church, built in 1756, was burned during the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1792. In this simple white-frame, New England-style church, still standing today, Sherman’s cavalry set up foraging headquarters during the Civil War. Today, giant live oaks draped with Spanish moss shade about 1,200 graves in the cemetery, among them two generals of the American Revolution and Governor Nathan Brownson. During the Civil War, Sherman’s cavalry plundered county plantations and corralled animals in the walled, two-acre cemetery. Browse through the museum, built in the raised cottage-style architecture, typical of 18th Century plantation houses. Exhibits, documents, and furnishings used in coastal Georgia homes from colonial days until the Civil War reanimate the love of Liberty.
Dorchester Academy
 The Academy, today an active community center and museum, was founded after the Civil War as a school for freed slaves. By 1917, the fully-accredited high school had eight frame buildings and 300 students. In the 1940s, its academic program ended when a consolidated school for black youth was built in nearby Riceboro. Visit the brick building standing today, an example of Georgian Revival style architecture. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. prepared here for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, one of the first major victories of the Civil Rights Movement.
Fort Stewart Museum
 Fort Stewart, the largest military post east of the Mississippi River, is home to the United States Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (Mech) and is the summer training grounds for the National Guard. At the Fort Stewart Museum, Liberty County’s military heritage is showcased in ever-changing exhibits featuring military objects from World War II, Desert Storm, and present-day military activities.
LeConte-Woodmanston
 LeConte-Woodmanston, formerly the home of Dr. Louis LeConte, flourished as one of Georgia’s earliest inland swamp rice plantations and is now a natural preserve. Dr. LeConte achieved international fame in scientific circles as did his sons, John and Joseph. John was the first president of the University of California at Berkeley. Joseph and his friend John Muir co-founded the Sierra Club. Today, Louis LeConte’s world-famous 18th Century botanical gardens are being recreated with a myriad of antique plants. Visit the cypress forest. Walk the interpretative trail along the earthen rice dikes leading through the Bulltown Swamp black-water eco-system. Stroll along the Avenue of Oaks. Bask in an 18th Century natural experience.
Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center
 As an excellent example of tidal, freshwater wetlands, the Cay Creek wetlands provide a unique opportunity for education and appreciation. The area is rich in diversity. Bay, Cypress, and Oak trees are abundant, as are Palms, Palmettos, and Magnolias. The area provides the habitats for numerous species of animals, including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. In the next few years, Cay Creek wetlands will see exciting activity. A boardwalk, allowing visitors to easily access the wetlands in both wet and dry seasons, is being planned, and an interpretive center building, designed to house exhibits and information, will soon follow.
Melon Bluff Nature and Heritage Preserve
 Nestled amongst 3,000 unspoiled acres on Georgia's coast, Melon Bluff Nature and Heritage Preserve is set amid gorgeous, moss-hung oaks at the river's edge. Melon Bluff offers 25 miles of grassy, forest trails for hiking, biking, picnics, and riding. Birding is the prime attraction, offering 309 species, many uncommon and endangered. At Melon Bluff, visitors find overnight accommodations ranging from a restored barn to a plantation cottage. On site, there is a delightful gift shop, a screened pool, and a facility for small conferences.
Seabrook Village
 An award-winning living history museum located on the eastern end of the county, Seabrook Village features eight turn-of-the-century buildings on a developing 104-acre site. Visit the one-room Seabrook School where “reading and writing and ‘rithmetic were taught to the tune of a hick’ry stick.” Or try your hand at grinding corn into meal and grits or washing clothes on a scrub board. Planned group visits are fully interactive as costumed interpreters engage visitors in all aspects of old time village life. On-going exhibits include the grave art of Cyrus Bowens, featured in Drums and Shadows, and the Willis Hakim J Hones Material Culture Collection of hand-made items from a peanut roaster to twig furniture.
Fort Morris State Historic Site
 Fort Morris was built to defend the former town of Sunbury, once a bustling seaport second in Georgia only to Savannah. Fort Morris was used as a coastal fortification during the Revolutionary War. The earthen works were reconstructed during the War of 1812 and were later used as a Civil War Encampment. The site's museum features displays of civilian and military life during Georgia's Colonial, Revolutionary, and Antebellum past. The site offers visitors a fascinating video entitled, Sunbury Sleeps and self-guided tours of the 200-year-old earthen works. During periodic special events, reenactments bring Fort Morris alive with roaring cannons and the measured tread of marching soldiers.
Sunbury Cemetary
 Road signs still direct the way to Sunbury, and "Old Sunbury Road" still marks the Colonial pathway on maps. But, no vestige of the once-thriving coastal port remains. The homes, the wharves, and the shops are all gone, replaced now by upscale homes reflecting the continued desirability of the site. The only reminder of those earlier days is Sunbury Cemetery, the permanent home of earlier citizens.
Geechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center
 Geechhe Kunda (a Sarakole´ word meaning compound) is indicative of the culture of Gullah Geechees. Geechee Kunda is reflective of the family compounds that exist throughout the Gullah Geechee areas of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Northern Florida as well as Africa. It is a living institution dedicated to preserving the culture of a living people. Its museum is filled with African art, textiles, painting, tools, utensils, implements, craftworks, and essentials used by Gullah Geechees from the 1700’s to the 1900’s. The museum houses artifacts from the period of slavery and is an educational facility for lectures, workshops, classes, seminars, weddings and more.
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