Outings Resources
for Boy Scouts
in Georgia and the Southeast

Presented by BSA Troop 909, Jonesboro, Georgia

Starting Points

• North Georgia Internet Magazine (with links to hiking trails, state parks, recreational sites, scenic areas, North Georgia counties and more

• GORP starting page for Georgia Outdoors

GORP starting pages for other Southeastern States

• Alabama

• Florida

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Tennessee

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State Parks

• Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites - Official site of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and includes pages for all 62 Georgia stste parks.

• Attractions and State Parks in Georgia - created by Georgia Tech students with great overviews of none major Georgia State Parks, including a handy comparison page.

• North Georgia Internet Magazine links to State Parks

• Hamburg State Park - covers 750 acres in the extreme northern section of Washington County. Headquartered in Mitchell.

• General Coffee State Park - Located 6 miles east of Douglas on Georgia Highway 32.

• Providence Canyon State Conservation Park - Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon". Headquartered in Lumpkin.

• Sweetwater Creek State Conservation Park - offering over nine miles of hiking trails on almost 2,000 acres of park land. Headquartered in Lithia Springs.

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Other Parks

• Salacoa Creek Park (Calhoun)

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Camping Areas

• North Georgia Internet Magazine Guide to Campgrounds

• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests - USDA Forest Service site

• North Georgia Internet Magazine guide to camping in the Chatahoochee National Forest

• Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area The Recreation Area lies within four counties, north and northeast of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. It consists of 16 land units along a 48-mile stretch of the Chattahoochee River. In addition to providing recreational activities such as fishing, hiking, picnicking, and boating, the park contains a wide variety of natural habitats, flora and fauna, nineteenth century historic sites, and Native American archeological sites.

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Historic Sites

• New Echota State Historic Site

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Recreation Areas

• Calloway Gardens

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Climbing Resources

• Climbing in Western North Carolina

• Talahassee Rock Gym

• Southeastern Climbers Coalition

• Climbing in North Carolina

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Hiking Trails

• National Park Service Appalachian Trail Page

• Cumberland Trail (Tennessee)

• Georgia Hiking Trails - Also no trace guidelines (From North Georgia Internet Magazine)

• Georgia Appalachian Trail Club

• Alabama Trail Association

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Skiing

• Sky Valley (Georgia)
• Beech Mountain (North Carolina)
• Sugar Mountain (North Carolina)
• Wolf Laurel Ski Resort (North Carolina)
• Hawksnest Ski Resort (North Carolina)
• Western North Carolina Ski Attractions
• Scaly Mountain Ski Area (North Carolina)

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Bicycling

• Georgia Bike Links
  An excellent resource with over 50 links to mountin biking, road racing, and touring in Georgia and the Southeast
• Georgia Department of Transportations Statewide Bicycling Plan
• The Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG)
  BRAG leads a number of large-scale rides each year with the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia, a week-long family-oriented event held in early June being the flagship event.

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Mountain Biking

• Mountain Biking in Rabun County and Northeast Georgia
• Ridgeway Mountain Bike Trail Carters Lake, North Georgia
• Olympic Trail - Conyers
• Trail Information and Reviews
  Excellent information on seven Georgia trails maintained by David Peterson, Mike Cornwell. Includes maps, directions and more.
• Southern Off-Road Bicycle Assn. (SORBA)
  Very active mountain biking organization. Rides, trail maintenance, advocacy. Maintains an e-mail list sorba@cycling.org.

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If you have an Boy Scout outings site you want to recommend, send to Jim Driscoll, Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 909

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