Wormsloe Historic Site tickets and admission
The four age tiers
Georgia State Parks publishes the rates below, and they were current at the time of writing. Prices and online-ticket rules do change, so check the state park listing before you set off rather than trusting a page you found in a search result, including this one.
| Who | Admission | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adults, 18–61 | $12 | The standard rate |
| Seniors, 62 and over | $9 | Bring ID if you look youthful |
| Youth, 6–17 | $5.75 | Per child, not per family |
| Children under 6 | $3.25 | Still charged, though not much |
| Everyone | Per person | No combined house-tour ticket exists |
What the ticket includes, and what it does not
Usually included
- Driving or walking the 1.5-mile avenue of live oaks
- The tabby ruins of Noble Jones’s fortified house
- The museum of colonial artefacts and the audiovisual introduction
- The Colonial Life Area, staffed with demonstrations on scheduled days
- The Jones family burial ground and the nature trails
Not included
- Any tour of Wormsloe House, which is a private home and never open
- Food or drink, because nothing is sold on site
- Guided commentary, unless you have booked a tour from Savannah
- Transport from Savannah, which is yours to arrange
Why there is no free photograph
This is the complaint I hear most and it is worth stating plainly. The avenue begins inside the entrance arch. From Skidaway Road you can see a gate and some trees; the tunnel of oaks that everyone has seen is a mile and a half of private-then-state road that starts after you have paid. People do turn up hoping to lean out of a car window on the public road and they leave with nothing. If the photograph is the whole reason you are coming, budget the ticket as the cost of the photograph and go early, when the road is clear: photographing the avenue.
Gate ticket or guided tour?
These are different purchases and they are not really competing. The gate ticket is cheap and you drive yourself. A guided tour costs more because it includes transport from Savannah, a guide talking the whole way and, on the six-hour trip, Bonaventure Cemetery as well. Nobody should book a tour hoping to save money on admission. The arithmetic, laid out honestly, is on tour prices against the gate, and the cheapest way to get oriented in the city itself is the stay-on-the-bus overview from $35, rated 4.6 across 997 reviews, which does not go to Wormsloe and does not pretend to.
What works
- Four age tiers, so families and older visitors pay less than the headline rate
- One ticket covers the whole site for as long as you want to stay
- Paid at the gate, so no booking window to miss
- Cheap against almost anything else on a Savannah sightseeing list
Worth knowing
- No free vantage point for the avenue photograph, at all
- Under-sixes are still charged, which catches families out
- Nothing to eat or drink is sold once you are inside
- Rates and online-ticket rules change, so any printed figure ages
Take cash or a card and check the state park listing the morning you go. I have watched people arrive at 4.30 with a printout of last year’s prices and fifteen minutes of daylight inside the gate, which is the wrong end of both problems.
The tour that includes admission
If you would rather someone else handled the driving and the gate, the six-hour Bonaventure and Wormsloe trip from $59, rated 4.8 across 285 reviews, is the only bookable tour on this site that actually enters Wormsloe. Transport from Savannah is included and a lunch stop turns up repeatedly in the reviews. What the day is like is on tours that include Wormsloe.
Frequently asked questions
Do you have to pay to get into Wormsloe Historic Site?
Yes. Admission is charged per person in four age tiers at the gate, and it covers the oak avenue, the tabby ruins, the museum, the burial ground and the trails. There is no free entry and no free viewpoint outside the gate.
How much does Wormsloe cost per person?
Georgia State Parks listed $12 for adults 18 to 61 at the time of writing, with lower rates for seniors, youth and under-sixes. The full table is above, and the state park site is the place to confirm it before you drive out.
Can I just take a photo without paying?
No. The avenue starts inside the entrance and there is no public vantage point that gives you the tunnel-of-oaks shot. If the photograph is the point, the ticket is the cost of the photograph — whether that is worth it.
Is a guided tour cheaper than driving myself?
No, and it should not be sold as though it were. A tour buys transport from Savannah and a guide talking the whole way — tour prices against the gate.