Blue Ridge Georgia Area Attractions

Blue Ridge,Georgia, located in the far north of the state, is a wonderful weekend or week long escape. Blue Ridge is a quaint little town that is close to many outdoor attractions for young and old alike.

For the fisherman,there is Blue Ridge Lake, the Toccoa River, Rock Creek, Coopers Creek, Fightingtown Creek along with many other trout streams, ponds, and watershed lakes that are within an hours drive of Blue Ridge.

Blue Ridge Lake also provides an ample amount of water for boating, skiing, jet skis and swimming.
The Toccoa River that feeds Blue Ridge Lake is excellent for tubing and canoeing. There are tubing outfitters on the river who provide tubes and shuttle services for tubers. One of my favorites is Johnny Stephens, who has a place right across Shallowford Bridge on Aska Road. Johnny rents inner tubes and also drops tubers off at the canoe launch site Sandy Bottoms.

 Other notable attractions in the Blue Ridge area include,  the Swan Drive-in, bowling, numerous hiking and biking trails,  the Ocoee River,  the Blue Ridge Train, mini-Golf and gem mining,  the downtown district and access to the beautiful North Georgia mountains.

Additionaly, not far from Blue Ridge are the twin cities of McCaysville, Ga and Copperhill Tennessee. The Toccoa River runs right through these towns, the train in Blue Ridge takes visitors down a scenic route alongside the Toccoa to the Twin Cities. Tubing and fishing  is also availiable for this part of the Toccoa that flows down from the Blue Ridge Lake.