Jul. 13—MOULTRIE — Sitting just outside McRae-Helena — two hours away from Colquitt County — is Little Ocmulgee State Park and Lodge, which is where I explored this week.

They have two pet-friendly cabins. Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge, two miles north of McRae-Helena on the Little Ocmulgee ...

MACON, Ga. — Editor's note: The video above is a special about the movement to make Ocmulgee a National Park. Georgia Congress members, with the support of several other local groups ...

ATLANTA — Federal lawmakers from Georgia reintroduced efforts to have the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park be the state’s first National Park and Preserve in U.S. Congress. Sens.

There's a rare alliance at work at the state and national level ... Rick Allen and Marjorie Taylor Greene to make the Ocmulgee Mounds the first National Park and Preserve in Georgia.

It's also home to the Ocmulgee shiner, a species of fish found only within the state. Fishing is allowed within the park, but just on the banks of the river, along with Walnut Creek and Clay Pond.