Overview
Ellijay is a city in Georgia's Historic High Country. It is considered the Apple Capital of Georgia.
1 sights · 1 bars & cafés · 1 places to stay
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Best things about Ellijay
Springer Mountain
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: Mar–Nov. Summer highs reach about 88°F; winter lows dip to about 31°F. Wettest: Jan and Mar. (climate data from nearby Historic High Country)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- CHA Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field), Chattanooga — 47 mi away. Directions
- PDK DeKalb Peachtree Airport, Atlanta — 57 mi away. Directions
- ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta — 73 mi away (major hub). Directions
By car: take Interstate 575/515 off Interstate 75 from Atlanta.
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Get in
By car: take Interstate 575/515 off Interstate 75 from Atlanta.
Get around
Ellijay has a quaint downtown area with various speciality and antique shops and restaurants but the shopping centers and all the chain restaurants are on the highway.
See
- Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge, 418 Amicalola Falls State Park Rd, Dawsonville, a state park centered around a cascade about 20 min southeast of Ellijay on Hwy 52 East.
Do
- Buy some apples at apple orchards in Apple Alley along Hwy 52 East
- Go to the Georgia Apple Festival in October
- Ride the nearby Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
- Pan for gold in nearby Dahlonega
- Shop in Downtown Ellijay
- Raft, canoe, kayak or tube the Cartacay River
- Go to Carter's Lake
- Hike in the Ridgeway Recreation Area west of town, Walnut Mountain east of town, or Bear Creek Trail northwest of town
- Visit the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail at
- Horseback riding
- Mountain biking
- Visit surrounding waterfalls
- Wildlife viewing
Buy
- Downtown Ellijay
- Burt's Pumpkin Farm, located just before Amicalola Falls on Hwy 52 East
- Hillcrest Orchards, located on Hwy 52 East about 10 mins from Downtown.
- Chewing baccer
- Shine'
- sweet tay
Eat
- Pink Pig Barbeque
- Longhorns
- Charlie's
- River Street Grill
- Poole’s Real Pit Barbecue
- Cantaberry
- Okinawa Restaurant
Drink
There aren't many bars in Ellijay due to a very religious population.
Sleep
- Best Western Mountain View Inn 94 Mountain View Dr, East Ellijay. The hotel offers mountain views and a friendly staff of locals. Be sure to pet the hotel cats. Tel: 706-515-1500 or Toll Free 866-515-4515.
- Rainbow Cabin Rentals of North Georgia riverfront cabin rentals in the North Georgia mountains with direct access to trout fishing, canoeing, and tubing. Make reservations online.
- Stafford Inn
Go next
Jasper is 45 minutes south, Atlanta is 2 hours and 10 minutes south and Blue Ridge is 20 minutes north by car.
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