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for tubing or paddling lazily downriver on a
hot summer day.
Make your way along the famed

NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
Appalachian Trail if you have the
boots and the stamina for it, or tackle
one of the many other trails in the
Chattahoochee National Forest or
Georgia’s state parks in the region. You can
also hike or bike the Col. Robert F. Sink Trail
up Currahee Mountain just as parachute
infantrymen did in training for WWII.
Choose from hundreds of roadside
options for a picnic with spectacular views
of picturesque peaks. Rock climbing and
mountain biking are two other strenuous
Lake Chatuge sports that our mountains embrace.

Gainesville, and beautiful Lake Chatuge, Or get your adrenaline pumping on
high up in the mountains. the Chattooga River’s raging waters
The Northeast Georgia Mountains are from Georgia’s northeastern peaks via
the ideal terrain for play on various treetop guided rafting trips over class II, III, IV and
adventures. Several places in the area offer V rapids, allowing you to experience the
zip line canopy tours and ropes courses, wonders of this nationally designated “Wild
including within Amicalola and Unicoi & Scenic” river. The headwaters of the
state parks. Chattahoochee River at Helen are perfect
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