Hiking & Driving Trails & Tours

• Appalachian Trail ~ www.georgia-atclub.org The Appalachian Trail, designated a National Scenic Trail in 1968, is a footpath over 2,100 miles long. It follows the crest of the Appalachians from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine. The Trail in Georgia extends some eighty miles through the primitive areas of the Chattahoochee National Forest. Rising at times to elevations over 4400 feet, the Trail offers unlimited hiking adventure of exceptional challenge and variety. {Map: http://www.georgia-atclub.org/map.html}
• Bartram Trail ~ www.bartramtrail.org Bartram Trail is designated a National Recreation Trail and in North Georgia stretches from the Georgia-North Carolina border southwest over the summit of Rabun Bald (Georgia's second highest peak), turns south-southeast to the Chattooga River and then heads northeast paralleling the river to the GA 28 bridge. {Map: http://www.fs.fed.us/conf/rec/bartram_trail.pdf.} The trail approximates the route of 18th century naturalist and explorer William Bartram and is part of a much longer trail extending to North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee.
• Southern Highroads Trail ~ www.southernhighroads.org The Southern Highroads is a vast network of 4 states and 13 counties with something to offer for the entire family. Stretching across North Georgia, Western North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. With a wide variety of antique shops, arts and entertainment, dining, lodging outdoor activities, and family fun.
• U.S. 441 Heritage Highway ~ www.441heritagehighway.org U.S. Highway 441 enters Georgia just north of Dillard, joining towns with names that reflect the rich Indian and Appalachian heritage of the area. Awesome views of the great southern Appalachian Mountains, gentle rivers, mountain valleys, and scenic pastureland await you.
• Georgia Wine Highway ~ www.georgiawine.com There was a time when Tiger, Georgia, was widely known as "Fruit Jar Junction" because of the bootlegged moonshine that flowed from the surrounding area. Even today you can drive the bootlegger's "short cut" down Syrup City Road named for the bootleggers who outran the revenuers on this route. Today, Syrup City Road joins the Georgia Wine Highway and leads visitors to Tiger Mountain Vineyards and Persimmon Creek Vineyards to taste awarding winning fine varietal wines.