Morganton Click on the numbers on the map below for more information about each point of interest. Visit the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce web site for more information about Accommodations, Attractions, Dining, Festivals, Realtors, Recreation and Shopping. A wilderness footpath over 2,100 miles along the crest of the Appalachain mountains, through fourteen states, Towns and Union counties, with it's southern terminus at Springer Mountain on the Gilmer-Fannin border. The largest wilderness area east of the Mississippi, with elevations from 950 feet low to 4,200 feet on Big Frog Mountain.
Tours are available.
Trip begins and ends in Blue Ridge with a one hour layover in McCaysville for eating and shopping. In 2000, another trip will be added to Ellijay. Use the Aska Trails System for hiking and biking and its home to the Annual Blue Ridge Mountain Adventure Race.