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poet Byron Herbert Reece. The restored Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area is Vogel State Park is one of Georgia’s Gap where it has been since the Civilian
farm buildings and exhibits share the an 18-acre lake built by the Civilian oldest and most popular state parks, Conservation Corps built it in 1937. RECRE ATION
story of the “Farmer Poet” and are Conservation Corps in the 1930s. famous for its great hiking and stellar The Appalachian Trail runs through the
available to rent for private events. Situated high in a mountain valley, camping options. The 22-acre Lake building, the only place on the trail that
year-round recreation opportunities Trahlyta invites fishing and swimming. goes through a man-made structure.
The only rock art site on public land include camping, picnicking, boating,
in Georgia – and one of the most fishing, swimming, and hiking around Coopers Creek Recreation Area is hidden Helton Creek Falls offers a short walk
significant sites in the Southeast – the tranquil waters. in the Suches community of Union down into a mountain cove to a
the Track Rock Gap Petroglyphs are Butternut Creek and the Nottely River County. The recreation area has miles of cascading waterfall. The trail ends with
easy-to-moderate hiking trails and areas
an observation deck where a swimming
believed to have been designed by meander through Blairsville’s Meeks in which to hunt and fish. Coopers hole and sliding rock are available when
indigenous peoples. Park outside of downtown to create an Creek and Mulky Creek are notable the temperature is right.
oasis of recreation. Meeks Park features trout streams with both wild and
A research facility with University of trails, a splash pad, disc golf course, Just 30-or-so miles from Blairsville,
Georgia, the 445-acre Georgia Mountain kayak and canoe launch, tennis courts, stocked trout. in White County, Anna Ruby Falls is a
Research & Education Center aids softball fields, dog and skate parks, and Mountain Crossing at Walasi-Yi holds jewel of Georgia’s waterfalls. A paved
farmers and maintains a public garden. many other amenities. the Walasi-Yi interpretive Center at Neel accessible trail leads to the falls and a

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