Longstreet Highroad Guide to the North Georgia Mountains By The Georgia Conservancy

The Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Georgia Mountains

By The Georgia Conservancy. Now launched on the World Wide Web, here you will find the entire contents of the best-selling book about the Georgia mountains.

This Web site, which also exists as a book, has more than 170,000 words, 50 maps, numerous illustrations, and photographs covering the Georgia Mountains. There are two ways to find information: the expandable book map below (find the area you are interested in and click) and the search engine Sherpa Search (above).

The book is part of the Longstreet Highroad Guides series of 19 books by Longstreet Press. Outdoor enthusiasts can use the Longstreet Highroad Guides series to plan excursions to other coastal areas including the Georgia Coast & Okefenokee, Florida Keys and Everglades, Chesapeake Bay, the Maine coast, the Washington and Oregon coast, and the California coast. The mountain series highlights Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Washington Cascades, Oregon Cascades, Colorado, California, and Arizona. You may want to read book reviews about the series.

Mountain travelers—first-time visitors as well as seasoned locals—will find a wide range of information on this Web site.

Web site wear you out?

All of this content is available in dead trees (book) form for those who may want to carry it with them on the hiking trails, beaches, river campsites, or historic sites. Or just admire it on their coffee table. Published in 1999, the book is 352 pages long, has 22 maps, is printed 2-color and measures 7x9 inches. Includes 60 original drawings, photographs, appendices, and an index. ISBN 1-56352-542-9. $18.95. Book reviews. Buy the book.

Contents

(View an expanded hyperlinked book map)

Foreword, by Jimmy Carter

Acknowledgments

The Natural History of the Georgia Mountains, by Charles Wharton

The Cumberland Plateau and the Valley and Ridge

• The Cumberland Plateau
• Lookout Mountain
• Pigeon Mountain
• Little River, Alabama
• The Chickamauga Valley
• The Armuchee Ridges
• The Great Valley

The Blue Ridge

• The Western Blue Ridge
  • The Cohutta Wilderness
  • Lake Conasauga
  • The Big Frog Wilderness
  • Carters Lake
  • Fort Mountain State Park
  • The Copper Basin
  • The Rich Mountains
  • The Etowah River and Toccoa River Watershed
    
    
• The Eastern Blue Ridge
  • Cooper Creek and Duncan Ridge
  • Blood Mountain
  • Raven Cliffs
  • Helen and the Upper Chattahoochee
  • Tray Mountain
  • Brasstown Bald and the Brasstown Bald Wilderness
  • The Hightower Area of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness
  • White Oak Stamp
  • Buck Creek and Chunky Gal Mountain
  • The Nantahala Basin
  • The Tallulah Basin
  • Coweeta Creek and Betty Creek Valleys
  • Black Rock Mountain State Park
  • Rabun Bald
  • The Chattooga River
  • Section 0–The Headwaters
  • Section I–The West Fork
  • Sections II, III and IV
  • The Ellicott Rock Wilderness
  • Highlands, North Carolina
  • The Escarpment Gorges
  • The Cowee Gem Region

Long Trails

• The Appalachian Trail
• The Benton MacKaye Trail
• The Bartram Trail
• Other Long Trails and Cross-Georgia Hike
  

Appendixes

• Map Sources
• State Parks in the Mountains
• Outfitters, Guides, and Suppliers
• Books and References
• Special Events, Fairs, and Festivals
• Conservation and Outdoor Organizations
• Safety in the Mountains
• Southern Appalachian Wilderness Areas
• Forest Planning
  
• Glossary of Plants
• Glossary
• About The Georgia Conservancy

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