Tallulah Gorge State Park – Tallulah Falls, GA
We decided to spend the beautiful and sunny January (pandemic) day exploring waterfalls. Since Rabun County in Northeast Georgia boasts at least 17 waterfalls, it made sense to head up…
View at the West Overlook
Fort Mountain State Park – Chatsworth, GA
With the pandemic, holidays have been a bit challenging. We spent Thanksgiving morning at Amicalola Falls State Park and topped it off with a short hike at Fort Mountain State…
FD Roosevelt State Park
Quarantine Quest – FDR State Park, Pine Mountain, GA
As pandemic restrictions ease, we’ve been exploring places closer to home and thankfully, the Georgia State Parks system provides plenty of outdoor activities. This week, we hiked at F.D. Roosevelt (FDR) State Park in Pine Mountain, GA.
Ths 9,000-acre park lies 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. And since it’s near Callaway Gardens (one of my favorite spots), you’d think I’d know this park inside and out. I don’t. Up until this trip, I’d only taken the scenic drive starting across Highway 27 from the Callaway Gardens Country Store.
The drive follows along the ridge of Pine Mountain, offering several small scenic overlooks of Callaway Gardens on the left and Pine Mountain Valley on the right. But the drive only scratches the surface of Georgia’s largest state park.
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Views of Cloudland Canyon
Quarantine Quest – Cloudland Canyon State Park, GA
Since the Georgia State Parks are open and our state is lifting shelter-in-place restrictions, we chose to hike at Cloudland Canyon State Park. Located 120 miles northwest from Atlanta, it’s almost in Tennessee near Chattanooga.
Dear Hubbie (DH) and I hiked the rim trail years ago and more recently, we took the whole family on a Wild Cave tour. Click here to read the article “Muddy Adventures” I wrote for Atlanta Parent magazine.
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