I'm in the planning stages of a trip post-Labor Day weekend that includes staying in Northern Georgia near Dahlonega. We've never been to this area, so any advice on campgrounds would be most appreciated.
Our primary purpose for visiting this area is to mountain bike at Bull Mountain, Georgia Pinhoti Trail (Dalton) and Chicopee Woods (Gainesville). So I'm trying to find a campground that is centrally located to the three locations. I think I have two that may work, and would appreciate it if someone who's stayed there can provide some information. The two campgrounds I've found in the area we want to visit are:
1. R-Ranch in the Mountains
2. Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge
Any from the group ever stay in either of these?
I can't offer direct advice about either park or even a good park in that area, but I will say this much. Georgia's State Parks are exceptional in quality to most private parks that I've visited. The facilities are in good repair and well designed in all of those that I've visited. Amicalola Falls is a park on everyone's punch list, so even without having been there, I would recommend it.
Hey Mtn. Bikers, I live in the Gainesville area. I have stayed at R-Ranch which is a private campground. It's okay, in a valley between moutains. Amacola is a pretty good state park. But if your planning on driving Hwy. 53 to Dalton it is very curvey! I would also recommend maybe you could look at some campgrounds around Lake Lainer in Gainesville/Cumming area. I have camped at a few like River Forks Park which is run by Hall Co. Parks Department. Also quite a few Corp. of Engineers parks around the lake. Hwy. 369 to Ga. Hwy. 20 to Interstate I-75 to Dalton. I forgot to ask, where will you be riding you bike the most- Gainesville or Dalton area?
Jimmy
Jimmy -
Our primary motive is to ride Bull Mountain in Dahlongea, it is an IMBA Epic ride (http://www.imba.com/epics/bull.....ntain-epic. We thought we'd also try either Chicopee Woods (Gainesville) or Georgia Pinhoti Trail (Dalton) while we're in the area. Thought it looked like Dahlongea was in the middle and would give us he option of hitting one of the others.
We are only in the area for 2.5 days (driving from Bryson City) do you have any recommendations for roads to avoid towing from Lake Fontana area to Dahlongea? MAPQUEST is giving me 3 options :-
After Dahlongea we're heading north through eastern TN and central KY before heading back to NJ.
Would appreciate any advice on roads to avoid while towing 😉
Mtn Bikers, Hot Alert if you haven't seen. Especially if you were going to Bryson City/Cherokee via Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg or thinking of using heading back to NJ via E TN.
A mudslide has closed route 441 out over the mountain from TN to NC and will probably be awhile before it is reopened. Just will need to stay tuned as to when it will reopen. It's a big throughfare so imagine they will try to hurry.
On CG's, Amiacola as well as Vogel, Moccasin Creek, Unicoi and Ft Mountain are close to Gainesville/Dalonaga and as Fire Capt Jim said, several COA run CG's on Lake Lanier, will just need to see if are open when you are going.
FW Arcadia, We have been busy PM each other with Info. If all works out, they might join us for the Fall Rally if the dates line up!
Hopefully we can have others from all over the United States to come and see our Southern Hospitality and hopefully will want to come back for more each year! :baseballhat:
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If you don't need hook-ups, you can camp in the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area.
George, I would love to try some camping like this. And "free" is my favorite price. Are these places reasonably accessible? We're towing our pop-up with a minivan and can't get too far off the beaten track. Is there a good resource for identifying the more accessible camping sites within the WMAs?
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