Included with GeorgiaRoam+Emory University Campus Tour
Marble quads, antiquities, and Druid Hills greenery
Self-guided walking tour in Atlanta · 2.4 mi · walking · ~1h 48m · 6 stops
The Tour
Marble quads, antiquities, and Druid Hills greenery. A self-guided Georgia Roam campus tour.
Emory University 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 6 stops over about 2.4 miles and roughly 1 hour 48 min, 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
Emory's Atlanta campus was designed to look like a single idea: buildings faced in pink and gray Georgia marble with red tile roofs, set around a long, shady lawn. This walk starts in that original core, where Henry Hornbostel's early halls still frame the Quadrangle. From there it moves out to the buildings that show how Emory grew. One is the Michael C. Carlos Museum, a Michael Graves design that holds Egyptian coffins, Greek vases and more than 25,000 objects in all.
The architecture changes as you go. Paul Rudolph's Cannon Chapel is a bold concrete space from 1981, and Glenn Memorial's white steeple marks the front door to campus. The walk ends in quieter territory. Lullwater Preserve was once a Coca-Cola heir's country estate, and today it is woodland, a lake and trails around the Tudor-Gothic house where Emory's presidents live.
This is a walking tour of about 2.4 miles, and it takes just under two hours at an easy pace, with some hills near Lullwater. Weekends are easiest: the visitor parking decks are free, the campus is calm, and the Carlos Museum is open on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Spring and fall are the most pleasant times to go. The Georgia Roam app tells each stop's story as you arrive.
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