Len Foote Hike Inn: N GA Treasure

Put this outdoor adventure on your short list!

• Len Foote Hike Inn

• Amicalola Falls State Park & Lodge

• Vernal Equinox, Mar 19-20, 2023

• Archaeoastronomy — word of the day!

• Dahlonega Plateau

Archaeoastronomy is the discipline that studies how people in the past have understood or tried to explain the phenomena they saw in the night sky…

The “Starbase” monument at Len Foote Hike Inn, which is based on a Celtic tomb, marks seasonal variations in the sunrise. On the spring and fall equinox, the sun shines through the hole at the top of the monument and projects into the “tomb” behind it.

This video will give you a good idea of what the Hike Inn Trail is like…

In 2018, the Dahlonega Plateau in northern Georgia was recognized as a viticultural area, which means its unique soil quality, sun exposure, and climate make it extra special for growing wine.

An American Viticultural Area, or AVA, is a specific type of appellation of origin used on wine labels. An AVA is a delimited grape-growing region with specific geographic or climatic features that distinguish it from the surrounding regions and affect how grapes are grown. Source: United States Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

View from the lower deck at Wolf Mountain Winery & Vineyards in the Dahlonega Plateau. Photo by ATLsherpa (Oct 2022)

View from the patio of Yonah Mountain Vineyards in Cleveland, GA. Photo by ATLsherpa (Sept 2022)