Homes for Sale Near Fort Benning, Sorted by Your Gate

Got orders and staring at a map you don’t know yet? Listing sites sort homes by price. Around Fort Benning, the drive to your gate matters just as much, and it changes a lot depending on which side of the river you pick. Kelsey and I are an Army family, and this is how we’d sort the search.

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Heads up on Sand Hill: the Custer Road gate is open weekdays 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. only and closed on weekends and federal holidays. Don’t build your daily commute around it; plan on the main gate as your backup.

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Free-flow drive times with no traffic, from the center of each area to the gate (OpenStreetMap routing). Hours from the Fort Benning garrison gate list; they change, so check before you rely on a gate. The NIM gate is open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sand Hill is weekdays 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. only. Drive it at the hour you’ll actually commute before you buy.

Fort Benning has five gates families use: the main gate off I-185, the NIM gate by the National Infantry Museum, Harmony Church off US-27, the Lawson Airfield gate at Eddy Bridge on the Alabama side, and Sand Hill on Custer Road, which keeps short weekday hours. Tap yours.

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Homes for sale by area, closest first

Minutes to each gate. *Sand Hill is open weekdays 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. only.

Columbus

Georgia · Muscogee County

10–19Main
15–25NIM
16–25Harmony
25–38Airfield
12–21Sand Hill
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Phenix City

Alabama

15Main
15NIM
20Harmony
23Airfield
16Sand Hill
  • Median sale about $249,000 (ZIP 36867, 3 months to Aug 2026)
  • Lowest property tax around Fort Benning, about $1,744 on a $300K home with homestead
  • City or Russell County schools depending on the address
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Smiths Station

Alabama · Lee County

26Main
26NIM
31Harmony
33Airfield
27Sand Hill
  • Median sale about $320,000 (3 months to Sep 2026)
  • About $1,354 a year in tax on a $300K home with homestead
  • Lee County schools
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Fortson

Georgia · Harris County

27Main
32NIM
33Harmony
46Airfield
29Sand Hill
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Cataula

Georgia · Harris County

31Main
36NIM
37Harmony
50Airfield
33Sand Hill
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Hamilton

Georgia · Harris County

42Main
48NIM
48Harmony
61Airfield
44Sand Hill
  • Median sale about $482,000 (3 months to Aug 2026)
  • Bigger lots and the longest drive on this list
  • Harris County schools
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Free-flow drive times with no traffic (OpenStreetMap routing from each area’s center). Medians from Redfin; tax from each county’s latest published millage. Search links open live listings in a new tab.

Map of the five Fort Benning gates and six home search areas Simplified map, not to scale. Fort Benning sits south of Columbus, Georgia, with the Chattahoochee River and the Alabama line to the west. Gates: main gate off I-185 at Lindsey Creek Parkway, NIM gate by the National Infantry Museum, Sand Hill on Custer Road off US-27/280, Harmony Church off US-27/280, and the Lawson Airfield gate at Eddy Bridge on the Alabama side. Free-flow drive minutes: Columbus 10 to 19 to the main gate and 16 to 25 to Harmony Church; Fortson 27 and 33; Cataula 31 and 37; Hamilton 42 and 48; Phenix City 15 to the main gate, 20 to Harmony Church and 23 to Lawson Airfield; Smiths Station 26, 31 and 33. Fort Benning Chattahoochee River ALABAMA GEORGIA I-185 US-27/280 Hamilton Main gate 42 minHarmony Church 48 min Cataula Main gate 31 minHarmony Church 37 min Fortson Main gate 27 minHarmony Church 33 min Smiths Station Main gate 26 minHarmony Church 31 minLawson Airfield 33 min Columbus Main gate 10–19 minHarmony Church 16–25 min Phenix City Main gate 15 minHarmony Church 20 minLawson Airfield 23 min Main gate Sand Hill* NIM gate Harmony Church Lawson Airfield
Five gates, six areas. Simplified map, not to scale. Minutes are free-flow drive times from the center of each area: to the main gate and Harmony Church for every area, plus Lawson Airfield for the Alabama side. *Sand Hill is open weekdays 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. only. Pick your gate below to see every area’s time to it.

Before you fall for a listing

Sand Hill keeps short hours. The Custer Road gate is open weekdays 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. only and closed on weekends and federal holidays, so have a second gate in your plan. Schools follow the street address, not the neighborhood name. Check any address on our Fort Benning school zones guide. Weighing two areas? Compare Columbus and Phenix City, Harris County and Columbus, or Phenix City and Smiths Station.

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