I just returned from a week in the mountains. It was beautiful, you will never go wrong visiting this area in the fall. It's a great place to visit anytime of the year.
I live here. Find nature by traveling the forest service roads. Plenty of hiking to do and wildlife to see. The Appalachian Trail cuts one of the many paths through this wilderness.
The Chattahoochee National Forest is home to the southern terminus of the Applachian trail, located at Springer Mountain in Dawson County, Georgia. Amicalola Falls, over 700 feet of cascading water, is nearby. Other notable waterfalls in the forest are Anna Ruby, Desoto, Dukes Creek, Tallulah, and Toccoa, Lakes Chatuge, Burton, Rabun, Winfield Scott and Yonah teem with fish and the streams are stocked with trout from the fish hatchery at Lake Burton. Georgia's tallest peak is located in the Forest near Hiawassee. Brasstown Bald is 4,784 feet of beauty in the lower range of the Blue Ridge mountains. Dahlonega is the site of a gold rush in the 1840s. Gold from the mines there adorns the dome of the state capitol in Atlanta. Eight state parks are in the Forest, many with wonderful accomodations. The home office of the Chattahoochee National Forest is located at 1755 Cleveland Hwy in Gainesville, GA 30501
We hired Don, the son in law of Dianne Quigley, owner of Long Mountain B&B to take a group of us to the forest to see some of the waterfalls. It had rained but the forest gleamed with its beauty. The waterfalls were breath taking and we loved our memorable time there.
There are way to many incredibly beautiful spots in the Chattahoochee National Forest to start to list them here. However this is one of the most beautiful and magical places in Georgia and in the Southern Appalachians. There is a lot to do and see here and there's not a lot of wrong ways to go about exploring the area, just jump in!
This National Forest is a treasure and my view whenever I head to Clayton or Atlanta, I call the surrounding area home.
Peace and the great outdoors. I live up here - you can only visit. Whatever you do in the woods - somone up here will make it fun to do in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Bring you camera 'cause we still have animals, scenery, waterfalls and everything. Plus it's about 10 degrees cooler than Atlanta most of the time.
We walked and drove for miles through some of the most beautiful terrain in the southeast. Every turn in the road was another "photo op!"
The fall views, especially, as we ride through the area in the higher elevations are wonderful, although maybe no as significant as the Pisgah Forest not too far away. This one is quite close to us, and we enjoy the opportunities. Good hiking trails available.
Great views and beautiful wilderness. It is truly like an escape back in time. We spent several hours on the nature trails and enjoyed every minute of it.