Places to Explore In Central and North Georgia

Athens

Athens, an artistic jewel of the American South, is known as a breeding ground for famed rock groups such as the B-52s and R.E.M. Because...

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Augusta

Although Augusta escaped the ravages of Union troops during the Civil War, nature itself was not so kind. On a crossing of the Savannah River...

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Blue Ridge and Ellijay

Blue Ridge is one of the most pleasant small mountain towns in North Georgia. After you've eaten breakfast or lunch and shopped for antiques, gifts...

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

With nearly a million visitors a year, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is one of the most popular battlefields in the country. Here you...

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Clayton

The town of Clayton, with a downtown filled with shops, is a gateway to North Georgia's mountains. The beautiful lakeshore and the grandeur of Black...

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Dahlonega

Hordes of fortune seekers stormed the town of Dahlonega (pronounced dah-LON-eh-gah) in the 1820s after the discovery of gold in the nearby hills. The town's...

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Eatonton

Right in the middle of the Antebellum Trail, Eatonton is a historic trove of houses that still retains the rare Southern architecture that survived Sherman's...

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Helen and Sautee-Nacoochee Valley

Helen was founded at the turn of the 20th century as a simple lumber outpost. In the 1960s, when logging declined, business leaders came up...

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Hiawassee, Young Harris and Lake Chatuge

The little town of Hiawassee, population 900, and nearby Young Harris, population 1,200, are near the largest lake in North Georgia, Lake Chatuge, and the...

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Macon

At the state's geographic center, Macon, founded in 1823, has more than 100,000 flowering cherry trees, which it celebrates each March with a knockout festival...

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Madison

In 1809 Madison was described as "the most cultured and aristocratic town on the stagecoach route from Charleston to New Orleans," and today that charm...

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Milledgeville

Novelist and short-story writer Flannery O'Connor is one of Milledgeville's most famous residents. The author of novels Wise Blood and The Violent Bear It Away...

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New Echota

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Rome and the Chieftain's Trail

Nestled in the countryside of Northwest Georgia is the antebellum town of Rome. Like its Italian namesake, it’s built on seven hills with a river...

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Washington

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