Hopefully, this page will evolve into a mixture of comments and suggestions of interesting things to do within 1 or 2 hours of Blue Ridge. In the short term, here are some links to some less well-known destinations.
Chattahoochee Forest National Fish Hatchery
Did you know that the U.S. Forest Service purchased land in the 4 north Georgia counties of Fannin, Lumpkin, Gilmer and Union for $7 per acre in 1911?
Did you know that the Chattahoochee National Forest has over 650 bears as residents?
Here is a link to the US-FS and the history of the CCC camps. Tim’s late father, Woody Smith, was a CCC-er. He’ll have to dig up some old family stories for us on that. But in the meantime, check this out….
The Civilian Conservation Corps
(Source- for last 3 links: U.S. Forest Service website, 2006)
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