Amicalola
Fall State Park - begins heading east from Jasper,
Georgia, north and west of Atlanta. State Highway 136 affords the
best long distance view of the falls' 729 foot tumble. It is
absolutely stunning, especially in the winter when the barren
trees afford the falls little cover.
www.ngeorgia.com/parks/amicalola.html
Antiquing (Blue
Ridge, GA is the antique capital of Georgia)
Aska Road Area Mountain
- The Aska Trails Area is a 17-mile hiking-mountain biking trail
system in the National Forest near Deep Gap on Aska Road in Blue
Ridge. Trails range from one to 5.5 miles and vary in difficulty.
Trails climb to 3,200 feet with views of mountain ridges and
descend to the shores of Lake Blue Ridge. A hiker can expect to
hike through forested areas with mature hardwoods and thickets of
mountain laurel and rhododendron.
blueridgemountains.com/aska_trails.html
Fishing - Trout in
the Toccoa River to a variety at Lake Blue Ridge. Streams
are stocked with Rainbow and Brown trout from early April through
mid-September
Hiking the Benton MacKaye Trail
- The trail begins at Springer Mountain, Georgia with the
Appalachian Trail (AT), but 
soon departs from it to follow the western Blue Ridge north and
west to the Cohutta/Big Frog Wilderness and into Tennessee. At
present, the trail is complete from Springer Mountain to US Hwy 64
near the Ocoee River in Tennessee, a distance of 90.9 miles.
www.bmta.org
Horseback Riding
(from valley trails to mountain tops)
Whitewater Rafting on the
Chattooga, Ocoee, Nantahala and Pigeon Rivers
