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• Things to Do

Union County

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Immerse Yourself in Incredible Nature Outings & Cultural Discoveries.
enjoy the outdoors in
Union County.
Mingle with the artists, photographers, historians, painters,
musicians and singer-songwriters, and stage actors throughout
our community’s events and spaces. Step onto the trails and
marvel at waterfalls. It’s Union County inside and out!

Mountain Agriculture and History
Visit the heart of Union County settler
history with the Mountain Life Museum of
several historic buildings: the 1906 Butt-
Mock House, 1861 Payne Cabin, Mauney
barn, Duncan cabin and smithy. The Union
County Historical Society preserves and
promotes the living history of Union County,
also maintaining the 1899 Courthouse,
concert series, and Mountain Heritage
Festival. unioncountyhistory.org
Open from mid-April to early November,
the Byron Herbert Reece Farm and
Heritage Center engages visitors with a
vision of Appalachian farm life from the
early 1900s. This is the historic homestead
of Georgia novelist and poet Byron Herbert
Reece. Step inside restored farm buildings
and exhibits, saunter along a poetry trail,
feed the farm animals, and even purchase
fresh produce from the garden when in
season. Private rentals for special events are
available. unioncountyga.gov/reecefarm

Moving About the Mountains
Blairsville is touched by the Appalachian
Mountain Arts and Music The nearly century-old John C.
Trail. The Mountain Crossing store is at
You’ll find local bands, jazz, choral, and Campbell Folk School offers weeklong
theatrical presentations at the Union County and weekend classes year-round for
School’s Fine Arts Center. ucschools.org adults in craft, art, music, dance, and more
Lardworks Fiber and Glass Studio (Brasstown, NC). folkschool.org
at Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm offers Peacock Performing Arts Center
scheduled studio enrichment to learn (Hayesville, NC) is a center of community and
about fiber art, glass bead making cultural activity for residents and visitors to
(lampworking), and finished jewelry designs. Western North Carolina and North Georgia.
The farm owners will teach you all about Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association
alpacas and their fiber, from shearing to produces exhibits, events, arts education
a finished product. Check classes online: classes, and programming to the North
Byron Herbert Reece Farm & Heritage Center
farmfeltandglass.com. Georgia communities.
18 Blairsville-Union County Chamber of Commerce