Photo: Southern Cross Guest RanchFamily ranch
Madison, Georgia
Southern Cross Guest Ranch
Year-round Georgia horse ranch near Madison with 17 rooms and two guided rides a day.
Recreation-focused stay
- Season
- Year-round
- Ages
- Riders 8+
What you'll do
- Two guided rides a day, morning and afternoon, of up to two hours each on the all-inclusive plan
- Small groups sorted by ability, usually 4 or 5 riders and never more than 7
- Grooming and tacking up your own horse, in western tack
- A seasonal heated pool, fishing and mountain bikes
When to go
- Open all year
- Two-night minimum on some weekends, three on holidays
Who it's for
- Adults and families with riders 8 and up
- Novice and experienced riders alike, each matched to a horse
- Riders who want to handle their horse, not just sit on it
Good to know
- Only the all-inclusive riding plan includes the rides; the ranch also sells bed-and-breakfast stays
- You ride the same horse all stay, but the ranch can change it
- The ranch asks about your riding before the first ride, and moves riders between groups from ride to ride
- Riders are limited to 250 lb
- There is no kids program
- Horsemanship
- Pool
- Trail riding
Photos from the ranch
Photos: Southern Cross Guest Ranch, shown with their permission.