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Motorcycles in north Georgia Appalachians - simply exhilarating
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While the north Georgia Appalachians make for a picturesque tour by automobile, leaning into the scenic twisting downgrades straddling a powerful motorcycle, the growl of downshifting the only noise you hear as country air ventilates your stress and charming mountain scenes come in and out of view, can be powerfully inspiring.
Wolf Pen Gap, a winding 31-mile ride over Blood Mountain located north of Dahlonega is a popular road trip for veteran bikers. Wolf Pen Gap is an ever-twisting route over Blood Mountain that offers inviting peaceful overlooks that are in stark contrast to the exhilarating maneuvers of the journey. Two Wheels Only motorcycle resort in Suches, Georgia is a great place to take a break and have lunch and a beer, but remember that biking in the mountains is not even for the mildly inebriated and Wolf Pen Gap is among the most challenging courses in Georgia.
A good starting point is the intersection of 180 (Wolf Pen Gap Road) and US129/19. Hwy. 180 is popular with bikers but be aware there are a few trucks and other vehicles that often need more than one lane to negotiate turns on Blood Mountain. The first few miles are exceedingly tight and twisting. Be careful to stay in your lane and steer tight. From there you continue south on 60 until you get back to US 129/19. Turn left here and go back to a point near where you departed from at Vogel State Park. The old CCC building at Neels Gap has great views and is a good stop. Sunshine Grocery on US129 a little north of where this ride begins and ends has fuel and good boiled peanuts.
There are a couple of quaint and fun towns near Wolf Pen Gap that are well worth the drive and are sure to top off a great north Georgia adventure. Dahlonega, just south of Wolf Pen Gap, is a jewel of a town set in the mountains. Dahlonega is rich in the culture and charm of Appalachia and offers a beautifully preserved downtown historic district. This Georgia gateway to the Appalachians is the site of the first U. S. gold rush and home to The Gold Museum, gold mines and gold panning facilities. Quaint shops around the Square are filled with regional art, antiques, unique jewelry and collectibles, and there are pubs and restaurants as well.
Helena is cradled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Chattahoochee River. This Northeast Georgia village has a rich history linked to the Cherokee Indians and Indian burial mounds as well as early settlers who arrived to mine for gold and cut virgin timber for a thriving lumber industry in the early 1900s. Helen is a re-creation of an alpine village complete with cobblestone alleys and old-world towers with shopping, camping, both rustic and luxury mountain cabins, restaurants, bed and breakfast inns, mountains, theater, recreation, romantic getaways, beautiful scenery, family activities, waterfalls, museums, history, art, fishing, tubing, golf, and more.
Whether you cruise in atop a Harley, in an Austin Healy or oboard a moped, north Georgia is a great place to visit. So much so that you might just want to stay a while.
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