Things to Do in Georgia (USA) in November
November weather, activities, events & insider tips
November Weather in Georgia (USA)
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is November Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + Mid-November still delivers peak fall color at Amicalola Falls and Cloudland Canyon, maples flare scarlet against granite while the thermometer parks at a hiker-friendly 21°C (70°F).
- + Pecan harvest turns Highway 441 into a string of roadside stands selling paper bags of nuts hot from the roaster. Diners dish out pecan pie crowned with a scoop of cinnamon ice cream.
- + Atlanta Botanical Garden flips the switch on Garden Lights Holiday Nights 19 November, two million LEDs braid into a 15-metre (50-foot) tunnel that pulses to programmed music.
- + After Thanksgiving, Savannah's squares go quiet. Azaleas shed their last petals and Spanish moss shivers in cooler air. At sunrise you may have Forsyth Park's fountain all to yourself.
- − 20-27 November is Georgia's busiest domestic travel week, Atlanta rental cars vanish, Savannah's historic hotels hit 95 % occupancy, and Tybee's lone highway turns into a parking lot.
- − Piedmont afternoons usually brew a 3 pm thunderstorm, fifteen minutes of soaking rain, then gone, leaving cotton fields steaming at 26°C (79°F).
- − Hunting season opens mid-month; Chattahoochee National Forest trails close on rotating schedules and rifle shots echo through North Georgia valleys.
Best Activities in November
Top things to do during your visit
November's mild weather makes Sweet Auburn good for a three-hour walking loop past MLK's birthplace, Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. Crowds thin after Veterans Day and 20°C (68°F) afternoons spare you a water stop every twenty minutes.
November herds of sandhill cranes ride thermals into the swamp's 438,000 acres; their prehistoric calls bounce off blackwater while cypress turns orange. Highs of 24°C (75°F) keep mosquitos away and low water reveals gator trails through peat bogs.
The 1.6 km (1 mile) climb up Stone Mountain becomes a leaf-peeper's corridor when sourwood flashes scarlet against granite. Post-Thanksgiving traffic drops 70 % and clear-day vistas reach 100 km (60 miles) to Atlanta's skyline.
Peak bloom waits for March. Yet November strips the 300,000 Yoshino cherries of crowds, good for photographers stalking mossy roots along the Ocmulgee. The 22°C (72°F) light gilds the Indian mounds at 5 pm.
November tides bare sandbars around Sea Island's marshes where dolphins strand-feed on mullet. Water at 20°C (68°F) rules out dry suits, and post-hurricane dawns serve glass-calm paddling through Spartina tunnels.
November Events & Festivals
What's happening during your visit
Perry's fairgrounds draw 500,000 visitors across eleven days of livestock pageants, deep-fried pecan-pie showdowns and nightly concerts under the midway lights. Kettle-corn perfume blends with diesel while FFA kids parade prize hogs through the ag hall.
Historic squares morph into open-air tasting rooms where shrimp-and-grits duke it out with bourbon-pecan pie. Smoke from oyster roasts drifts up River Street as jazz floats off second-floor balconies.
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