Guidebook for Blue Ridge
Sightseeing
Visit historic downtown Blue Ridge! A quaint mountain town with art galleries, crafts shops and restaurants!
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Blue Ridge
Visit historic downtown Blue Ridge! A quaint mountain town with art galleries, crafts shops and restaurants!
A traditional mountain town, great for lunch and sightseeing! You can take the scenic train from Blue Ridge to McCaysville and back.
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McCaysville
A traditional mountain town, great for lunch and sightseeing! You can take the scenic train from Blue Ridge to McCaysville and back.
A Swiss Mountain town in Georgia! Great shopping, tubing, sightseeing, arts and crafts.
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Helen
A Swiss Mountain town in Georgia! Great shopping, tubing, sightseeing, arts and crafts.
Worth the drive! The tallest falls east of the Mississippi! A beautiful hike up the falls, with lunch waiting at the lodge at the top. You can hike out to the Appalachian Trail from here as well.
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Amicalola Falls State Park
418 Amicalola Falls State Park RdWorth the drive! The tallest falls east of the Mississippi! A beautiful hike up the falls, with lunch waiting at the lodge at the top. You can hike out to the Appalachian Trail from here as well.
Take this scenic railroad through the mountains to McCaysville/Copper Hills, Tennessee. Have lunch, then ride back!
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I-Railway Ridge Scenic Railway
241 Depot StTake this scenic railroad through the mountains to McCaysville/Copper Hills, Tennessee. Have lunch, then ride back!
Everything Else
The U.S.'s top whitewater rafting river. Visit the Whitewater Center and watch the rafters come by or swim in the pools when the river isn't running.
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I-Ocoee Whitewater Center
4400 US-64The U.S.'s top whitewater rafting river. Visit the Whitewater Center and watch the rafters come by or swim in the pools when the river isn't running.
Toccoa River Falls - great hiking and great tubing in the summer all along this river. Great fishing, too!
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Toccoa Falls
Toccoa River Falls - great hiking and great tubing in the summer all along this river. Great fishing, too!
Great hiking in the Cherokee National Forest, just over the Tennessee line.
Ocoee Ranger District Cherokee National Forest
3171 US-64Great hiking in the Cherokee National Forest, just over the Tennessee line.
Jacks River Falls
A great wilderness area for hiking!
Great place to rent a boat to enjoy Lake Blue Ridge! Just outside of downtown Blue Ridge.
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Lake Blue Ridge Marina
335 Marina DrGreat place to rent a boat to enjoy Lake Blue Ridge! Just outside of downtown Blue Ridge.
Another great place to get on the beautiful Toccoa River.
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Toccoa River Tubing Company
340 Toccoa AveAnother great place to get on the beautiful Toccoa River.
Benton McKaye Trail
One of the best hikes in the region.
Shopping
Georgia's highest mountain! A nice hike up to the top with an observatory.
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I-Centre ye-Brasstown Bald Visitors
2941 GA-180 SpurGeorgia's highest mountain! A nice hike up to the top with an observatory.
Essentials
Mercier's is the best apple orchard in the area! Great cider, apples, pies and other gifts! You can hike the lake and see the orchards, as well.
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Mercier Orchards
8660 Blue Ridge DrMercier's is the best apple orchard in the area! Great cider, apples, pies and other gifts! You can hike the lake and see the orchards, as well.