Page 18 - Discover Georgia Outdoors 2022

Get Away Together If you live anywhere

canoe along the Etowah River Trails, in the Southeast,
or catch a game of the Rome Braves
minor league baseball team.
you’re within driving
NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
Honor and reflect on Native distance of Blue Ridge,
American contributions to Northwest With 106,000 acres of Chattahoochee National Forest, 300 miles of hiking trails and
Georgia culture at Cartersville’s 100 miles of trout streams, Blue Ridge is the perfect place to get away completely. Georgia’s coolest
Etowah Indian Mounds, a ceremonial To the east is the Blairsville/Hiawassee area with Vogel State Park and mountain town, only
center more than a millennium past; Brasstown Bald. To the west is the 40,000-acre Cohutta Wilderness,
at Calhoun’s New Echota Historic Site, and to the north is the Copper Basin of Tennessee, the Ocoee 90 miles north of
once the capital of the entire Cherokee Scenic Byway and Ocoee River whitewater. The Blue Ridge Atlanta via I-575, but
Nation; and at Chatsworth’s Chief area has more luxury mountain vacation rentals than
Vann House Historic Site. anywhere in the Georgia mountains, including cabins a million miles away
with spectacular mountain views, on rushing creeks, from it all.
• NORTHWEST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS • the Toccoa River and Lake Blue Ridge.
Villa Rica
Discover gold and a whole lot more in Villa Rica! Visit
the Pine Mountain Gold Museum, which honors the
history of Georgia’s first gold strike. Explore the trails at the

park, ride the train, then come downtown to take a stroll
along our shops. While you’re here, maybe you can catch a
concert at The Mill amphitheater. This fast-growing city
on the western edge of Metro Atlanta has a lot to o er.

Visit Villa Rica, An Amazing Find!
106 Temple St.
Villa Rica, GA 30180
678-840-1442
VisitVillaRica.com
17
16 DiscoverGeorgiaOutdoors.com • 365° Total Marketing DiscoverGeorgiaOutdoors.com • 365° Total Marketing BlueRidgeMountains.com