You’re on vacation, so let us do the planning. We have ideas for delightful ways to spend your days, alluring itineraries so you’ll want to linger longer, and driving tours that will take you to the back roads, to the up country and to farm country—not to mention more than a few surprises you’ll see along the way.

There are plenty of things to experience in and around Dawson County, from waterfalls and kangaroos to outlet shops and souped-up cars. Not only that, Dawson County is an ideal jumping off point to visit other attractions in the North Georgia Mountain region, including a gold mine, a Bavarian village, folk art pottery and Cabbage Patch Kids.

Hike, shop, fish, canoe and commune with the kangaroos where the mountains meet the lakes in Dawsonville-Dawson County and, if time permits, venture beyond to tour the wineries of Dahlonega, browse the more than 200 specialty and import shops of Alpine Helen, see four states from Brasstown Bald, the highest elevation in Georgia, or go whitewater rafting down the Chattahoochee River.