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Go to Bowen Lake if you want to go to a nice lake. Bowen Lake is a beautiful lake in the Great Smoky Mountains. Through the long summer days at Bowen Lake temperatures are usually in the 80's, and the night is fairly chillier of course, commonly in the 60's. Through the winter highs are in the 40's, and during the dark hours in the wintertime at Bowen Lake temperatures plunge to the 20's. Union County Government Butternut Creek Golf Course is a magnificent golf course
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| | close by, and close by you find the Arkaquah Trail which is a brilliant hiking trail. These mountains rock, just look at all the amusing stuff to do in the Great Smoky Mountains. There are some great whitewater spots on Hiawassee River, and there's some flowing water nearby, Barnes Creek is a stream you can stop by while you're here. Bowen Lake gets a good deal of water; during March this area sees the most rain, and October meanwhile is the driest month. | |
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This lake is so wonderful. If you need a place to stay Best Western Milton Inn is a delightful choice, and there is a splendid hiking trail close by called the Coosa Backcountry Trail. This is no place for people who don’t like
to have a good time. Bowen Lake is magnificent enough to spend more than a day at, Lake Nottely RV Park is a magnificent local campground; you get a wonderful panorama of Cobb Mountain from here. You don’t have to go far from Bowen
Lake to catch a glimpse of the water at Bowen Lake Dam, and do pop by Morton Lake, it's a picturesque lake. You definitely ought to love the Great Smoky Mountains. If you came to camp Canal Lake Campground is a great site to do that;
since you're here why not visit Mary Gap. This lake is so wonderful. Whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then we recommend Cooper Creek, and after a long day outdoors Holiday Inn Express Blairsville, Georgia
is a good place to spend a night or two. Whitmire Lake Upper is a nearby lake that you could have a look at; the Duncan Ridge Trail is a perfect hiking trail nearby. If you adore the outdoors, you'll love Bowen Lake.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 34.94667 Longitude: -84.02
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Hiawassee River, Clay/Cherokee CountyCounty, 9 miles away Class I-II - 18.3 miles long (Hayesville to US Route 64) |
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Cooper Creek, Fannin CountyCounty, 12 miles away Class II-III - 5.2 miles long (USFS Route 33 to Mulky Creek Camp) |
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Helton Creek, Union CountyCounty, 14 miles away Class -blank- - 3 miles long (US 19 to Nottelly River) |
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Coosa Backcountry Trail
 | 11 miles away ...stopping every five minutes or so to catch our breath. To add to the intense climb, about half way up it started to rain which made the 40F weather a little colder. We decided we were to far into the journey now to turn back, so we pushed on. After a few hours of strenuous hiking we reached the junction of the Coosa and Appalachian Trail. We pushed on for another hour or two until we reached the top and I saw the better than I expected shelter at the summit of Blood Mountain. We staggered in about two at a time a few minutes apart, each small group repeating the same emotion of screaming here it is, or we found it, finally. We camped in the shelter with two other parties and proceeded to drink the liquor we brought with us which helped us keep our mind off the fact that the temp was falling under twenty degrees making for a cold night. The next morning the mountain was covered in ice and light snow. The view was spectacular as you can stand on a HUGE rock that is right next to the shelter. Blood mountain seems to tower way over the surrounding mountains which is great for taking pict... |
Trackrock Campground & Cabins
 | 11 miles away Tent Sites, RV Hookups, Pets OK, Fires OK, Store, Nearby Grocery, Pool, Gameroom...TENT:We have 21 sites with electric and water for tents and pop-ups., RV:We have both 30 amp and 50 amp sites. There is WiFi service throughout the campground., - 73 RV hookups, FIRES:Fire pits are at each campsite., STORE:Limited RV supplies and snacks, GROCERY:There are several super markets in Blairsville, 9 miles away., POOL:We do have a 4 acre lake with a swimming beach, GAMEROOM:The game room has a pool table and some video games as well as a fireplace and satellite TV.... |
Two wheels Only Motorcycle Resort
 | 12 miles away TWO lodge and camp ground is run by some very avid and caring motorcyclists. The food is great and Britt & GT really make you feel at home. Ask for the big axx burger!... |
Arkaquah Trail
 | 12 miles away Hiked this trail with a friend on Labour Day weekend 2007 and it was one of the toughest trails that we have done. Parking at Brasstown and hiking down was pretty easy and we stopped to eat at Track Rock. Going back up to Brasstown was pretty brutal even though we are both in good shape. There are few turns or forks, which is good because the trail is NOT marked in many places. We heard reports of a copperhead and yellow jackets on the trail, but only saw red tailed hawks, bugs and worms. There is no water on this trail, but its very shady, at least in the summer. The views are nice and you are advised to take your time climbing using short steady steps. Over 11 miles of hiking total and it took a good 6 hours including rest stops, eating time, pictures, etc.... |
DeSoto Falls Trail
 | 14 miles away I was there during the weekend before the 4th. DO not plan to stay a whole day here. Have a snack see the falls and move on to other falls. I camped here and it was okay. Had a run in with a huge Timber rattler 3/4 of a mile from entrance of Desot and realized camp was below....... Go see the Waters Creek area as well. Have a great lunch for few hours at Vogel North of DeSoto.... |
Jackrabbit Campground
 | 17 miles away cool man sooo cool... |
R-Ranch in the Mountains
 | 17 miles away The resort is very nice, beautifully landscaped. Site we were on 519 had no tv or satallite reception. Some people were very nice. I would definite go back there again.... |
Bald Mountain Park Campground
 | 18 miles away Mike and Pam has done a beautiful job with the park. We have a place in the residential? section of Bald Mountain Park and we have to go thru the park to get to our place and each time we go up there we notice somrthing else that they have done to the park to make it look better. We used to camp alots before we got our own place,I? would say that Bald Mountain Park is one of the cleanest park that we have every camp at.?????????? KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU''ll ARE DOING!...This is one of the nicest campgrounds East of the Mississippi River! I have been to many! Mike and Pam have taken a run-down campground and turned it around and into one that anyone will be glad to visit. There are tons of things to see and do in the area.... |
Enota Resort and Campground
 | 18 miles away ...babbling brook(s) that borders most of the campsites. We have camped here in our camper van several times in the past 3 years and love to hike up to the AT and the waterfalls, or watch the kids fish for trout in the pond in front of the Lodge The land is pristine, laced with waterfalls and streams totally accessible to both RV camping (full hook-ups) or tent camping. The cabins are rustically charming and recently more modern motel-type rooms have been added within view of the waterfall. Some of the structures on this property are CCC-built and the staff also honors Enota's Cherokee heritage as well, with a sweat lodge, sacred circle, drumming and the occasional Native American presenter, who happened to be leading the Sweat Lodge ceremonies when we were there this spring. We discovered that Enota is a non-profit ecological and teaching facility as well, and we campers and cabin folk mingle at the weekend breakfasts in the Lodge with the staff and the volunteers who help run the campgrounds,the gardens or the animal farm. This campground has newly remodeled restrooms and plentiful... |
Raven Cliff Falls Trail
 | 19 miles away The family hiked to Raven Cliff Falls on 2/15/09. It is 2.5 miles one way and is fairly level with a slight uphill slope. It follows a creek for most of the way passing several smaller scenic falls. The main feature is a towering cliff with the falls dropping between a slot in the cliffs. Very impressive and worth the 5 mile hike.... |
Cedar House Yurt Cabins
 | 19 miles away Cedar House Inn and Yurts is not a campground but a bed and breakfast inn.... |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
 | 58 miles away Please repair the annual pass box at the trail head.... |
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