N. Ga./E. TN area early November - Cabin recs *updated Blue Ridge Recs/Itinerary?*

we spent time in dahlonega last december and had a blast. it's a very quaint town a little over an hour north of atlanta on the 400

found a small house on a horse farm about 5 miles out of town.

lots of wineries in the areas. as far as breweries tantrum is about 20 minutes or so away and had decent beer.

better breweries in and around blue ridge I'm told but never made it over there.

there's an irish pub called shenanigan's in dahlonega that has a good beer list and really good food.

do the consolidated gold mine tour

helen, ga was fairly trashy/touristy. i'd probably make a trip over to blue ridge instead of helen if we went back

Here’s the place where we stayed. It’s pretty much a tiny house
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Highlands/Cashiers area of NC if you are looking to get out and about

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Definitely. Will check this out. We aren't really romantic sit by the fireplace types. We like to get out and about during the day, up early doing physical stuff, happy hour, grab an early dinner and pass out and do it over again. It's on the upper end of our preferrable drive time, but could definitely work.

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The helen comment is on point.

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So exactly how trashy is this place?
I'm considering a three night trip this fall and was hoping for the closest town from here with a Marriott property that would make it an easy place to call home base to explore the smokeys.

Blue Ridge is a nice area.
LINK https://mountaintopcabinrentals.com/

LINK https://www.georgiaemr.com/

Distance is about 9+ hours (via Chattanooga or Atlanta)

Blue Ridge is a great town. Many restaurants, breweries, etc. There's a train ride (Blue Ridge Scenic Railway) that leaves from there too. The Gf loved it. I did too. Something about trains.

You can base yourself there and have easy access to a bunch of trails. Including the start of the Appalachian Trail.

There's a few wineries around, but most are near Dahlonegha (1hr away)

Nice Apple Orchard nearby

Ocoee river just across into Tennessee is beautiful and has some great rapids if you like that. (you can go to where they staged the 1996 Olympics for whitewater rafting)

Cohutta Wilderness Trailheads nearby with some great scenery.

Toccoa River Swinging Bridge is less than an hour away.

McCaysville is nearby and has a couple breweries and a nice ice cream shop right on the river.

Tank Town USA was fun. You get to drive tanks and crush cars.

Gibbs Gardens was enjoyable

Thanks for the details. Blue Ridge was on my short list. Will look into it further.

I have stayed in the blood mountains several times and love it. As someone mentioned, the town of Dahlonega has stuff to do. However, I would hit up the water falls in the area and go hiking in the mountains. I've never been in November, but I bet it will be beautiful.

Good recommendations in here but will say N Ga doesn’t have great breweries but the wineries near Dahlonega are surprisingly good. I will add that Lake Rabun is beautiful and has excellent hiking nearby (Tallulah Gorge, Rabun Bald, and several waterfalls) to provide another option.

Compared to Tennessee, Georgia’s breweries are the 5-star. But then again, there’s few breweries in eastern TN

Once again, appreciate all of the info, fellas. We've booked a cabin Southeast of the town of Blue Ridge. The address is Bell Camp Rd. It looks to be off of Aska Rd.near Flat Creek? Any details on this area, hikes, etc?

I see after a quick glance it looks like the Aska trailhead is right outside our door pretty much. Of course we'll hop on the AT one day. Already have the train ride booked for the Sunday after we arrive on Friday.