From Wikitravel

Ellijay is a city in Northwest Georgia. It is considered the Apple Capital of Georgia.

[edit] Get in

By Car: take Interstate 575/515 off Interstate 75 from Atlanta.

[edit] 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.

[edit][add listing] See

• Fort Mountain state park is less than 10 minutes away from Downtown Ellijay
• Downtown Ellijay
• Carter's Lake
• Ridgeway Area
• Appalachian Trail
• Apple Orchards
• The Cartacay and Ellijay River
• Amicalola Falls
• Hillcrest Orchards

[edit][add listing] Do

• Buy some apples at apple orchards in Apple Alley
• Raft, canoe, kayak or tube the Cartacay River
• Hike at the Ridgeway Area
• go to Carter's Lake
• Shop in Downtown Ellijay
• go to Wal-Mart
• Hike near or at Fort or Walnut Mountain
• Go to the Georgia Apple Festival in October
• Amicalola Falls
• Featured in National Geographic Adventure Magazine Live and Play in Ellijay, Georgia
• Horseback riding
• Mountain biking
• Visit surrounding waterfalls
• Wildlife viewing
• Ride the nearby Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
• Pan for gold in nearby Dahlonega
• Visit Grandpa Jones Corn Maze and Pumpkins Grandpa Jones Corn Maze and Pumpkins

[edit][add listing] Buy

• Downtown Ellijay
• East Ellijay Shopping Center

[edit][add listing] Eat

• The Davis House
• Hometown Cafe
• Pink Pig Barbeque
• Walker's Barbeque
• Longhorns
• Ruby Tuesday
• La Dolci Vita
• Cohutta Lodge: less than 10 minutes from Downtown Ellijay
• Corks & Crumbs in Downtown Ellijay
• Charlie's
• Deli Junction (on the highway or now in Downtown Ellijay)
• Sonic
• Captain D's
• River Street Grill in Downtown Ellijay
• Starbuck's
• Poole’s Real Pit Barbecue
• Mimi's Gourmet Cafe
• Sweet Melissa's Ellijay
• Mountain House Restaurant Ellijay
• Cantaberry

• Okinawa Restaurant‎

[edit][add listing] Drink

There aren't many bars in Ellijay due to a very religious population.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Best Western
• Cohutta Lodge: Less than 10 minutes from Downtown Ellijay
• 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. North Georgia Cabin Rentals
• Stafford Inn
• Tica Cabin Rentals Beautiful vacation homes available for rental in all areas of Gilmer county. Fully equipped kitchens, hot tubs, fireplaces, and many with pool tables. Some are pet friendly. 800-871-8422 ext. 1. [1]
• TLC Cabin Rentals in the North Georgia Mountains A cabin rental and management company based on the Golden Rule with a personal touch. Several beautiful cabins that can accommodate as many as 20 people. Ideal for business retreats, club gatherings, or family vacations and reunions. 706.636.1979 • 770.827.4922 (866.403-3973 outside of Georgia)[2]

• Georgia Mountains Cabins Vacation log cabins in Ellijay Georgia featuring whitewater riverfront cabins with premier trout fishing and riverfront hot tubs near hiking, tubing, apple orchards, Amicalola Falls, rafting, tubing. Ellijay Cabins

[edit] Talk

Ellijay people talk like they are from the south but some locals (not from Atlanta) talk with many expressions and strange words to newcomers.

[edit] Education

Ellijay has

• one primary school (ellijay Primary)
• three elementary schools (Ellijay Elem., Oakland Elm., and Mountain View Elm.)
• currently one middle school (Gilmer) but another one is soon to come out on the east side
• one High School (gilmer)
• Go Cats
• North Georgia Christian Acadamy
• Grace Christian School
• Joesephine Edwards Christian Acadamy
• Board of Regents of Dalton State College approved site at Ellijay

[edit] Development

• Subdivisions are popping up all over especially on the east side but 282 has a good many
• People from Urban areas are developing this "small" town
• Ellijay is a vacation escape location with numerous vacation cabin rentals and second homes.
• Coosawattee River Resort- The Coosawattee River Resort is a 8,500 + acre development consisting of more than 7,000 individual, privately owned lots.[3]
• Blackberry Mountain is a development on the banks of the Cartecay River with Blackberry Falls.[4]
• Walnut Mountain featuring second homes and vacation cabins is located deep in the Rich Mountains along the banks of Turniptown Creek. [5]

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