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Vogel State Park Helton Creek Falls access to a swimming area, fishing, playground,
This is one of Georgia’s oldest and most A short walk heads down into a mountain bathhouses, and other amenities.
popular state parks, famous for its great hiking cove where you will find a cascading waterfall.
and stellar camping options. The 22-acre Lake The trail ends with an observation deck Byron Herbert Reece
where a swimming hole is available when the
Trahlyta invites fishing and swimming. temperature is right. Farm & Heritage Center
Here you can see Appalachian farm life as

it was in the early 1900s and the homestead
Coopers Creek Recreation Area Anna Ruby Falls of renowned novelist and poet Byron Herbert
Hidden in the Suches community of Union Just 30-or-so miles from Blairsville, in Reece. The restored farm buildings and exhibits
County, Coopers Creek Recreation Area has White County, Anna Ruby falls is a jewel of share the story of the “Farmer Poet” and are
miles of easy-to-moderate hiking trails and Georgia’s waterfalls. A paved trail leads to the available to rent for private events.
falls and a visitor center is on site with a gift
areas in which to hunt and fish. Coopers Creek shop and picnic areas.
and Mulky Creek are noted trout streams with Track Rock Gap Petroglyphs
both wild and stocked trout. Nottely Dam & Lake The only rock art site on public land in
The 4,180-acre Lake Nottely boasts 106 Georgia and one of the most significant sites in
Mountain Crossing at Walasi-yi miles of shoreline protected by the U.S. Forest the Southeast, the petroglyphs are thought to
be made by early indigenous people.
The Walasi-yi Interpretive Center stands at Service, meaning it is undeveloped. It’s a quiet
Mountain Crossing Neel Gap where it has been since the Civilian lake known for its bass and crappie fishing. Georgia Mountain Research
at Walasi-yi Conservation Corps built it in 1937. The Poteete Creek Campground & Education Center
Appalachian Trail runs through the building, On the shores of Lake Nottely and The 445-acre facility aids famers and is a
the only place on the trail that goes through a operated by Union County, the campground research facility for the University of Georgia. It
man-made structure. welcomes RVers and tent campers and provides also maintains a public garden.

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