Tag: Ellijay

As summer turns to fall, head to the apple orchards of North Georgia, kayak the Etowah River, or get up close and personal with turtles at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.

The drive up Highway 5, past Canton and all the way to Blue Ridge, is still filled with whimsical, tasty, and unexpected finds—some old, some new, some timeless. Here are some of my favorites.

Here's how to take a wine tasting journey through the Dahlonega Plateau, the scenic wineries of Northeast Georgia, and apple-icious Ellijay.

Time to get outside and play! From basketball to fishing to hiking to hanging out in a hammock, here's 50 great things to do outdoors around Atlanta.

Looking for spots to pick flowers or fruit in the North Georgia mountains? Here are four of our favorite places.

Here are three of our favorite cycling spots in the North Georgia mountains

Atop a forested ridge in Ellijay sits a unique hunters cabin. The trophies in this board-and-batten retreat are tulip chairs and abstract art, not stuffed bucks and wildcats.

The mountains of north Georgia were the site of America’s first major gold strike. Today, people continue to be drawn to the Southern Appalachians, as the mountains offer up new riches.

The best way to keep houseguests self-sufficient is to give them their own enticing space, says Brian Patrick Flynn. The quippy designer for HGTV’s Urban Oasis 2015 lives in Atlanta but regularly escapes to a wooded home in Ellijay that he shares with partner Hollis Smith, who has his own challenging schedule as part of the costume department for The Walking Dead.