There is a crispness in the air and Fall is just around the corner.  The days will be getting shorter and the leaves will start changing colors.  I love leaf watching and hiking.  Fall is such a beautiful season.  Here is a list of stunning locations to view the leaves and a foliage map.

Foliage Map:

www.smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/

Leaf Watch Locations: 

Amicalola Falls State Park – Dawsonville, GA
www.gastateparks.org/AmicalolaFalls/Trails

Black Rock Mountain State Park – Mountain City, GA
www.gastateparks.org/BlackRockMountain-Hiking

Cloudland Canyon State Park – Rising Fawn, GA
www.gastateparks.org/CloudlandCanyon

F.D. Roosevelt State Park – Pine Mountain, GA
www.gastateparks.org/item/148124

Fort Mountain State Park – Chatsworth, GA
www.gastateparks.org/FortMountain

George L. Smith State Park – Twin City, GA
www.gastateparks.org/GeorgeLSmith

James H. “Sloppy” Floyd State Park – Summerville, GA
www.gastateparks.org/JamesHFloyd

Moccasin Creek State Park – Clarkesville, GA
www.gastateparks.org/MoccasinCreek

Red Top Mountain State Park – Lake Allatoona, GA
www.gastateparks.org/RedTopMountain

Smithgall Woods State Park – Helen, GA
www.gastateparks.org/SmithgallWoods

Sweetwater Creek State Park – Lithia Springs, GA
www.gastateparks.org/SweetwaterCreek

Tallulah Georgia State Park – Tallulah Falls, GA
www.gastateparks.org/TallulahGorge

Unicoi State Park — Helen, GA
www.gastateparks.org/Unicoi

Victoria Bryant State Park – Royston, GA
www.gastateparks.org/VictoriaBryant

Vogel State Park – Blairsville, GA
www.gastateparks.org/Vogel

For additional Leaf Watch information head over to, www.patch.com/georgia/loganville/leaf-watch-2017-where-when-see-leaves-change-georgia

Train Rides: 

Tennessee Central Railway Museum – Nashville, TN
www.whistletix.com/railroad/tennessee-central-railway-museum/

Blue Ridge Scenic Railway – Blue Ridge, GA
http://www.brscenic.com/

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad – Bryson, NC
www.gsmr.com/

Scenic Drives:

North GA Scenic Fall Drives I: 
www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/scenic_fall_drives

North GA Scenic Fall Drives II:
www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/scenic_fall_drives_II

Best Scenic Drives in GA: 
www.trails.com/toptrails.aspx?area=13583

Best Scenic Drives in North Georgia:
www.welcometoblueridge.com/peak-fall-foliage-in-north-georgia/

• Russell-Brasstown National Scenic Byway
• Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
• U.S. Highway 76 from Ellijay to all points east to the state line and South Carolina
• Georgia Highway 60 between Dahlonega and Blue Ridge
• Georgia Highway 52 between Chatsworth and Ellijay
• Georgia Highway 129 between Cleveland and Blairsville
• Georgia Highway 75 between Cleveland and Hiawassee
• Georgia Highway 197 from Clarkesville to U.S. Highway 76
• U.S. Highway 441 from the Baldwin and Cornelia area north to the state line with North Carolina

I hope you enjoy these autumn colors as much as I do.