Included with GeorgiaRoam+Atlanta Metropolitan State College Campus Tour
A 68-acre wooded campus in the heart of southwest Atlanta
Self-guided walking tour in Atlanta · 0.5 mi · walking · ~40m · 5 stops
The Tour
Atlanta Metropolitan State College became the thirty-first institution of the University System of Georgia when it opened in September 1974 with 504 students, a predominantly Black two-year college on a sixty-eight-acre wooded tract off Metropolitan Parkway in southwest Atlanta. This short walk links the buildings that grew the campus across five decades.
Atlanta Metropolitan State College Campus Tour is a self-guided walking tour of Atlanta, built around its campus side. It's one of 37 Georgia Roam tours in Atlanta — each a different route through the city, on your own schedule.
The walk covers 5 stops over about 0.5 miles and roughly 40 minutes, entirely at your own pace. Each stop's story unlocks on your phone the moment you arrive — GPS-triggered, hands-free, no guide and no tour group to keep up with.
What you'll see
This is a short, quiet walk through a campus most Atlantans only glimpse from Metropolitan Parkway. The college opened in 1974 on a 68-acre wooded site in southwest Atlanta. Its buildings sit among the trees, and together they show how a small junior college grew into a four-year state college over five decades.
The core of the walk is the original campus from the late 1970s. In those years the college added two multi-level buildings, one for classrooms and one combining the library and administration offices, and they are still the center of daily life. You'll also pass the student center, opened in 2000, and the newer science building with its labs. At each stop the Georgia Roam app explains what the building meant for a college that for decades was Georgia's only predominantly Black two-year public college, serving commuters and working adults.
The walk is about half a mile and takes around 40 minutes, so it's easy to fit into a visit to southwest Atlanta. Campus is liveliest on weekday mornings during the fall and spring terms. It's calmer in the evenings and on weekends, when you'll have the paths mostly to yourself. Visitors should stay on sidewalks and respect classes in session.
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