Bobby Brown State Park Monument

This park overlooks the drowned site of Petersburg, once Georgia's third-largest town, where the Broad and Savannah Rivers met. Flooded by Clarks Hill Lake in the 1950s, its streets resurface when waters run low.

Bobby Brown State Park Monument is a historical marker in Elberton, Elbert County. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Elbert County, among 78 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9742, -82.5817 near Elberton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Woodlawn Methodist Cemetery (cemetery), about 4.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Tates Grove Cemetery, Cades Chapel Baptist Cemetery, and Colonists’ Crossing.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.