About Augusta

The Augusta metropolitan area, with a population of more than 500,000, is the second-largest metropolitan area in Georgia. The city is a regional center for industry, banking, shopping, entertainment and the arts and offers a stimulating cultural, educational and recreational environment.

Augusta is a center for sailing, hunting, fishing, tennis and boating. Cultural life in Augusta includes a professional symphony orchestra, an opera company and a national honor ballet company. Augusta is located conveniently between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. Atlanta is a two-and-a-half hour drive from Augusta.

Did we mention golf?

Augusta is world-renowned as the home of the Masters Golf Tournament. The tournament coincides with the full bloom of thousands of brightly colored azaleas, dogwoods and other beautiful foliage.

And, if your invitation to play in the Masters gets lost in the mail, Augusta has 11 other golf courses nearby.

Augusta is a leading health care center of the Southeast and has a rapidly developing and diversified industrial base.

The area’s nine hospitals serve the Southeast and beyond.

Mileage from Selected Cities

Albany	227
Athens	100
Atlanta	150
Bainbridge	306
Brunswick	199
Chattanooga, Tenn.	263
Columbia, S.C.	68
Greenville, S.C.	217
Jacksonville, Fla.	260
Macon	121
Rome	215
Savannah	124
Valdosta	247