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High Falls State Park is a 1,050-acre (4.2 km 2) state park located near the city of Jackson in Monroe County, Georgia. It is the site of a prosperous 19th-century industrial center, which became a ghost town when it was bypassed by the railroad. [1] The park contains the largest waterfall in middle Georgia and a 650-acre (2.6 km 2) lake.
One way to climb Springer Mountain is from a parking lot on Forest Service Road 42, located 0.9 miles (1.4 km) north up the Appalachian Trail from the summit. Hikers desiring to hike north from Springer Mountain would begin by hiking 0.9 miles (1.4 km) south on the Appalachian Trail before turning around to hike north.
Ammons Creek Falls—the trail to Holcomb Creek Falls is atwo-mile loop that also leads to a viewing deck at Ammons Creek Falls. Angel Falls (Georgia)—on Joe Branch Creek near Lake Rabun, surrounded by rhododendron; on the same trail as, and about one half mile beyond Panther Falls. Bad Branch Falls—an easy walk from the trailhead.
There are over 450 miles (720 km) of hiking and other recreation trails, and 1,600 miles (2,600 km) of "roads." In addition to the Chattooga River and the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River, natural attractions within it boundaries include the beginning of the 2,174-mile (3,499 km) Appalachian Trail , Georgia's highpoint, Brasstown Bald and ...
Cloudland Canyon State Park is a 3,485 acres (14.10 km 2) Georgia state park located near Trenton and Cooper Heights on the western edge of Lookout Mountain.One of the largest and most scenic parks in Georgia, it contains rugged geology, and offers visitors a range of vistas across the deep gorge cut through the mountain by Sitton Gulch Creek, where the elevation varies from 800 to over 1,800 ...
A beloved television news anchor from Georgia fell into a ravine while hiking – prompting emergency responders to pull-off a daring rescue. Carol Sbarge, who worked for Wsb-tv for nearly three ...
Bartram Trail on Rabun Bald. In Georgia, the Bartram Trail covers 37.7 miles (60.7 km). [1] After entering Georgia from North Carolina, the trail follows a ridge line to its highest point in Georgia at Rabun Bald, [3] 4,696 feet (1,431 m), the second-highest point in the state, along the Eastern Continental Divide.
In places the Edmonds Trail weaves in and out of laurel-filled coves and follows mountain streams with small waterfalls. [3] At the trail's northern end, there are 3,162-foot (964 m) Lookoff Mountain and views of Wolffork Valley, the source of the Little Tennessee River. The Ada-Hi Falls Trail is named for the Cherokee word for "forest". The ...