Warm Springs, Georgia

Warm Springs first came to prominence in the 19th century as a spa town, due to its mineral springs which flow constantly at nearly 90° Fahrenheit. However, it became known to the nation and the world as the vacation retreat of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who first came in the 1920s in hopes that the warm water would improve his polio conditions. He was a constant visitor for two decades and died there in 1945. The town is still home to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (Roosevelt's former polio hospital). Unfortunately the springs are not available for public use as a bath/spa resort, but they are used by the Roosevelt Institute for therapeutic purposes. Roosevelt's Little White House Historic Site is located just outside town. Over 60 specialty stores line the quaint streets and courtyard of Warm Springs. This small town lies on Route 27/41, 12 miles east of I-185 and 25 miles north of Columbus, GA.