Detailed Driving Directions

Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour – Monday, June 15, 2026
Time Activity Address and Driving Directions (if applicable)
5:00 pm Check-in – Holiday Inn Express & Suites
386-362-2600
6694 US 129 N
Live Oak, FL 32060
7:00 pm Supper – Brown Lantern 417 Howard St E
Live Oak, FL 32064

Driving directions to Brown Lantern from Holiday Inn:

  • Turn right out of the parking lot
  • U turn at the light
  • Turn left onto US 129
  • Turn left onto Howard St (Hwy 90)
  • Restaurant on left

Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour – Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Time Activity Address and Driving Directions (if applicable)
7:30 am Depart Holiday Inn
  • Turn right out of the parking lot and then a U turn at the light
  • Head southwest on Dowling Ave SE toward Piedmont St SE
  • 0.1 mi: Turn right onto Piedmont St SE
  • 322 ft: Turn left onto Ohio Ave S
  • 0.3 mi: Turn right onto FL-51 S/11th St
  • Continue to follow FL-51 S
  • 0.5 mi: At traffic circle take 3rd exit onto FL-51 S
  • 7.3 mi: Right on 169th Rd
  • Enter at double gates on left in front of house and barnyard
  • Plot is diagonal across the pasture at the back corner
7:50 am Arrive Jackson Lord Farm
Suwanee County, FL
tel: 386-362-8503
Released Varieties Demonstration
Emily Beach, Extension Agent II, M.S.
HM: 13092 169th Rd Live Oak FL
Plot: 13206 State Road 51
30.205880, -83.097447
GPS DOES NOT FIND THIS ADDRESS CORRECTLY
8:20 am Depart Farm
  • Depart plot through back gate
  • 1.9 mi: Turn right onto 136th St/Moore Rd
  • 3.0 mi: Turn left onto NW County Rd 250
  • 8.1 mi: Turn right onto County Rd 53
  • 1.3 mi: Continue onto Co Rd 255
8:50 am Arrive Fred Wetherington Farm
Madison County, FL
Fred: 229.794.2734
Brandon: 229.560.3296
Large Scale Tobacco Production
OFF: P.O. Box 456 Hahira GA
Plot: 30.34382, -83.22406
30.34672, -83.22286
9:20 am Depart Fred Wetherington Farm
  • Left onto SE River Rd
  • 0.2 mi: Continue onto SE 165th Ave
  • 3.6 mi: Left onto US-90
  • 6.4 mi: Right onto FL 255
  • 12.7 mi: Field on right
9:50 am Arrive Herring Farm
Lowndes County, GA
Nematode Management Trial
Joshua Dawson, County Extension Agent
229-563-1131
HM: 6322 Bradford Rd S Lake Park GA 31636
Plot: Corbett Rd Lake Park GA 31636
30.574358, -83.283271
10:20 am Depart Herring Farm
  • 1.5 mi: Right on NE Bellville Rd
  • 1.7 mi: Left on NW 165 Ave (Loch Laurel Rd)
  • 6.0 mi: Right on GA 376
  • Cross I-75 to Lake Park
  • 2.3 mi: Right on Hwy 41
  • 1.3 mi: Left on GA 376
  • 4.5 mi: Right on Tince Rd at Corbett’s Store
  • 0.5 mi: Right on Corbett Lane
  • 0.7 mi: Left into plot field
  • Left at pivot point
  • Left at end of field on Pole Cat Lane
10:50 am Arrive Stanley Corbett Farm
Echols County, GA
Variety Evaluation for Black Shank Resistance
Justin Shealey
HM: 636 Tince Rd Lake Park GA 31636
Plot: 30.687132 -83.11008
11:20 am Depart Corbett Farm for Catered Lunch
  • Turn right out of field onto Corbett Lane
  • 0.4 mi: Turn right onto Tince Rd
  • 0.25 mi: 636 Tince Rd Lake Park, GA 31636
11:30 am Lunch – Corbett Cow Barn 636 Tince Rd Lake Park GA
12:45 pm Depart Lunch
  • Turn left on Tince Rd
  • 1.0 mi: Turn right onto GA-376 E to GA-135 N
  • 3.0 mi: Turn left onto GA-135 N
  • 23.1 mi: Slight right onto GA-135 ByPass N
  • 1.2 mi: Turn right after NAPA Auto Parts–Fender Motors
  • 500 ft: Turn left onto College Street
  • 0.3 mi: Turn left onto N College St
  • 15.6 mi: Arrive Ty Harper Farm
1:35 pm Arrive Ty Harper Farm
Berrien County, GA
229-424-4591
HM: 9227 Nashville Enigma Rd Alapaha GA 31622
Plot: 31.25048 -83.06851
2:00 pm Leave Ty Harper Farm Plot
  • 0.2 mi: Turn left onto GA-135 N
  • 5.1 mi: Turn left onto Hwy 82
  • 500 ft: Turn right Vickers St / GA-90
  • 3.7 mi: Turn left on Darrell Tucker Rd
  • 0.6 mi: Arrive Tucker Farm
2:15 pm Arrive Tucker Farm
Mark Tucker
HM: 428 Darrell Tucker Rd Willacoochee, GA 31650
912-422-8592
OFF: 229-543-1630
Evaluation of New Varieties for Black Shank Resistance | Evaluation of Silicon for Tomato Spotted Wilt Management
Tony Barnes
OFF: 1050 Burnell Gaskins Rd Willacoochee GA 31650
Plot: 31.380771 -83.085837
2:45 pm Leave Tucker Farm
  • Continue East on Darrell Tucker Rd
  • 1.0 mi: Turn left onto Coochee Creek Rd
  • 1.8 mi: Turn right onto US-82 W
  • 9.2 mi: Stay on US-82 W
  • 17.7 mi: Slight left toward Virginia Ave
  • Turn left onto Virginia Ave
  • Arrive Hampton Inn & Suites Tifton
5:00 pm Arrive Hampton Inn Tifton 720 US-319 Tifton GA
7:00 pm Dinner – Charles Seafood 701 7th St W Tifton GA

Georgia-Florida Tobacco Tour – Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Time Activity Address and Driving Directions (if applicable)
7:30 am Depart Applebee’s
  • Exit Applebees parking lot onto Hwy 82 E
  • Follow US-319 N and GA-32 E
  • Continue through Ocilla
  • Turn onto GA-268 E
  • Continue toward Snipesville
8:25 am Bathroom Stop Snipesville Community Building  
8:40 am Depart Bathroom Stop
  • 12.5 mi: Turn right onto GA 107 McRae Rd
  • 3.6 mi: Turn left onto GA 221
  • 4.0 mi: Turn right onto Elizabeth Church Rd
  • 3.0 mi: Cross Bell Telephone Rd onto Satilla Church Rd
  • 1.1 mi: Cross Bridgeford Church Rd
  • 1.6 mi: Left on Satilla Church Rd
  • 1.2 mi: Left on Brooks Hughes Rd
  • 0.5 mi: Plot on right
9:15 am Arrive Kenneth and Jason Williams Farm
Jeff Davis County, GA
Jason Cell: 912-253-0524
Kenneth Cell: 912-253-7740
Regional Variety Farm Test
Jennifer Miller
HM: 783 Hatton Still Rd Hazlehurst GA
Plot: 31.7960771324103 -82.58763321798153
9:40 am Depart Williams Farm
  • Reverse on Brooks Hughes Rd
  • 1.4 mi: Turn right onto Alma Hwy
  • 13.4 mi: Left on US 1
  • 3.0 mi: Right on Pat Lewis Rd
  • 2.8 mi: Left on Satilla Church Rd
  • 1.0 mi: Right on Lynch Rd
  • 2.5 mi: Right on Red Oak Rd
  • 5.6 mi: Left on 203
  • 1.8 mi: Left on Perry Rd
  • 2.0 mi: Plot on left
10:15 am Arrive Reid Turner Farm
Appling County, GA
912-240-0495
Released Varieties Demonstration | Tomato Spotted Wilt Management
Will Brown
HM: 1723 Reese Rd Baxley GA
Plot: 31.595971529672546 -82.27799645207126
10:45 am Depart Reid Turner Farm
  • 0.7 mi: Right on Reese Rd
  • 1.8 mi: Right on GA 15
  • 2.6 mi: Turn left onto GA-203
  • Continue through Surrency
  • Multiple highway merges to Reidsville
  • Turn onto Burkhalter Rd, then Sam Greene Rd
  • Plot on left
11:40 am Arrive Chance Callaway Farm
Evans County, GA
912-334-0252
Nematode Management Trial
Ross Greene, Aubrey Shirley & Jonathan Smith
HM: 720 W E Callaway Rd, Claxton GA
Plot: Sam Green Rd Claxton GA
32.2337628140348 -82.05325705089112
12:10 pm Depart Chance Callaway Farm
  • Continue North on Sam Greene Rd
  • 1.26 mi: Left on Hillview Rd
  • 0.1 mi: Right on 67
  • 2.5 mi: Right on Will Funderburke Rd
  • 0.1 mi: Plot on left
12:20 pm Arrive H&H Farm
Tattnall County, GA
George and Tommy Holland
912-682-0573
Black Shank Resistance Evaluation
HM: 14373 Donnell Rd, Cobbtown GA
Plot: 32.28872 -82.054967
12:45 pm Depart H&H Farm
  • Continue east on Will Funderburke Rd
  • 1.1 mi: Left on Charlton Grove Rd
  • 0.75 mi: Left on Evergreen Church Rd
  • 0.75 mi: Right at H&H Farms sign into barn yard
12:50 pm Catered Lunch in Metal Building  

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