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Getting Started
About Fannin County, GA
"Trout Capital of Georgia"
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 Designated by
the Georgia State Legislature in 2010 as Trout Capital
of
Georgia, Fannin County lies in the Appalachian Mountains,
90 miles north of Atlanta, bordering on North Carolina and
Tennessee.
Extending
from within the county seat of Blue
Ridge to the county border north, south, east and west, more than 100 miles of trout streams and rivers wind
through Fannin County across 100,000 acres of the
Chattahoochee National Forest. Blue Ridge is a quaint
mountain gateway town with art galleries, downtown shopping,
delectable restaurants, a scenic railroad, and get-away
cabins nestled on mountain ridges, in peaceful valleys
and on scenic waters.
The headquarters for the Trout Adventure
Trail in Fannin County is the Ü
Fannin County
Chamber
of Commerce in Blue Ridge.
About Gilmer County, GA
"Georgia's Apple Capital"
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 Gilmer
County is Georgia’s Apple Capital and contains abundant
National Forest lands,
including Springer Mountain, the southernmost terminus of
the Appalachian Trail in the Chattahoochee National Forest.
Gilmer County is located along Highway 515/GA Highway 5, about
75 miles north of Atlanta. At more than 430 square miles
big, the heavily wooded landscape stretches across the
southernmost reach of north Georgia’s Blue Ridge
Mountains.
Ellijay,
the capital and largest town in Gilmer County is an
“Appalachian Trail Town” and is located about 40 minutes east of the Trout Adventure
Trail. The official
headquarters for the Trout Adventure Trail in Ellijay is
ÜNorth Georgia
Mountain
Outfitters.
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What is the Trout
Adventure Trail?
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The Trout
Adventure Trail® is a "do it yourself" and "plan your own"
hiking and learning
experience for kids of all ages along legendary trails in the
Chattahoochee National Forest in north Georgia. It is designated
by the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce as one of the top-12
wintertime activities in the region.
The
Trout Adventure Trail offers individual hikers, families
and organized groups the opportunity to
hike, learn and earn a distinctive commemorative award
patch as recognition of the commitment to outdoor
education, conservation and accomplishment.
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The cold water in the streams
along the Trout Adventure Trail offers a refreshing bath
for tired feet. But hikers on the trail also learn about
how the clear cold waters support healthy populations of
rainbow, brown and brook trout, as well as a wide
assortment of amphibians, insects, mollusks and more. |
For more information,
go to: ÜChoose a
Trail,
ÜEarning a
Patch,
ÜWhat to Bring,
ÜCamping
on the Trail,
and
ÜKnowledge from the Trail.
 Where is the Trout
Adventure Trail?
The Trout Adventure
Trail® is in the wilderness
on the lands of the Chattahoochee National
Forest
in Gilmer County and
ÜFannin County
--
the Trout Capital of Georgia. The Trout
Adventure
Trail weaves through the national
forest about an hour and a half north of
Atlanta
and 45 minutes from
ÜBlue Ridge,
ÜEllijay,
ÜBlairsville or
ÜDahlonega,
Georgia.
For more information,
go to: Ü
Trout
Adventure Trail map
and
ÜDirections/Parking.
 What do you want to
accomplish?
þ
ÜHike the
Appalachian Trail
þ
ÜHike
the Benton-MacKaye Trail
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See the southernmost end of Appalachian
Trail
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Waterfall views
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Mountain
vistas
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Hike along
and over trout streams
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ÜEarn a
distinctive patch
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Learn
about
Ütrout habitat
and
Üwatersheds
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All of the
above!
On the Trout Adventure Trail®, you can
undertake any or all of these experiences ... and more!
For more information, go to:
ÜTeaching Points of the Trout Adventure Trail.
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Proud Partners ...
 USDA
Forest Servicee
Ü
Blue Ridge District
Trout Unlimited
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#696
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Blue Ridge,GA
 Boy Scouts
of America
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Mountain District
Ü
NE
Georgia Council
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