Of all the many places my wife & I have lived, all over the US, Alaska, Germany & Libya, we love Ellijay the best! Ya gotta love all the local growers & ranchers.
We spent four years living in Ellijay and one of our children graduate from Gilmer County hi. We still have family living in Ellijay looks so nice so many improvements
I have property there, its an awesome place. The falls are really cool in the winter when freezing, walking up and down the mountain side staircase is a real hard job. Panaroma apples is the store at the 7 minute mark, some great stuff to eat in there, fresh apple juice and home made apple pies, apple breads, canned jellys, pickles, relish, etc.. choc and ice creams, nice natural soaps,. Carters Dam at the lake is pretty big and you can drive across the top of it. Springer mountain is the pre trail start to the Appl. trail head, before the falls, fun ride thru the mountain woods to get there. Miles of forestry roads to ride jeeps and motorcycles thru the mountain woods. The apple festival is a huge mess, 10,000+ people come to a super small town and it blocks it up. Only did this mistake, 1 time. Coosawattee river resort a super cool place.
How is it? I am looking to move there in a couple months if I can pay the bills as self employed horticulturist…but I would change careers in a heartbeat to escape crazy California.
Ellijay is a great area for people who love mountains and nature, but also hate harsh long winters. Winter time highs in Ellijay are typically in the upper 40's and lower 50's. That's about as warm as you'll find for an Appalachian town, because Ellijay is at the far southern tip of that range. Great spot.
An absolutely lovely (and under the radar) area of the country, is rural north Georgia, and towns like Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Helen, Hiawasee, etc. Incredibly lush forests, bubbling cascading creeks everywhere, low crime, sane home prices, tons of protected wilderness, old growth forest (if you know where to look), stunning vistas, and kind locals. Ellijay offers all this while still only 80 minutes from Atlanta, the largest airport on earth, etc. And winters in Ellijay (compared to most mountain towns) are short and reasonable. Lots of upper 40's and low 50's. Some 60's thrown in. A couple inches of snow is a big deal. It combines a mountainous environment without the brutal winters, lots of rain BUT lots of sun too. Not nearly as much drear as the northeast. Just a gem of an area.
Anyone with any sense knows that a small town that has a 4 lane highway running through it is not the same as it once was and will never be again. The 2 lane infrastructure in and around town is overwhelmed everytime their is prediction of snow, the first time a leaf changes color, an apple blossom blooms, a new winery opens or it's one of the 7 days of the week. If you enjoy navigating bumper to bumper traffic, strolling the sidewalks with tourists or trying to find a stream to fish that isn't posted or full of people tubing, Ellijay is the place for you. Also, if you do move here and need a job, plenty of burger flipping jobs and the local chicken plant is always hiring, its not hard to find, its basically in the middle of town about a half mile from the waste water plant. Yee Haw Y'all!
As a young boy I loved living here! I wish every antique store would move to Atlanta ! I loved when it was a small community and you go fishing in most streams and flood control lakes these are no longer accessible to the local people (locals are people who ancestors were here for a least a century.! As for carters lake you can’t catch fish anymore unless you’re fishing from a boat which is highly dangerous because of jet skis! There’s a multitude of waterfalls in gilmer county but most of which are no longer accessible for the public! So come to Ellijay buy up all the bread and milk when they promise a foot of snow and get a dusting and choke down the traffic so those of family roots that goes back to the late 1700’s early 1800’s y’all ain’t gonna be able to ruin it the first wave coming in on zell miller pkwy has already succeeded in doing that for you and the rest of us!!!!!
Much like most of the north ga mountains this is no longer a sweet little town just another gated community bought up by out of staters and investors. Absolute shit show.
Why all the weird myths of pre-Columbian European explorers on Fort Mountain, which isn't even in Gilmer County much less Ellijay? And why all the images of Native Americans that are clearly not Cherokee nor Muscogee (Creek)? The "threat" of Cherokee "advancement" was not an impetus to Georgia's racist policies that resulted in the Indian Removal Act. It was the depravity of white gold-digging settlers who flooded the area during America's first gold rush, the descendants of whom currently occupy Ellijay. But for many it's easier to claim being "part Cherokee" with zero proof than to admit being heirs of ethnic cleansing.
Of all the many places my wife & I have lived, all over the US, Alaska, Germany & Libya, we love Ellijay the best! Ya gotta love all the local growers & ranchers.
Really? Wow!
I have been all over this planet and in 2010 I chose Ellijay as my home for the rest of my life.
Really? Wow!
I want to move there from California. Is there a very much horticultural and gardening work?
@juniperjennifer a lot of trump signs
We spent four years living in Ellijay and one of our children graduate from Gilmer County hi. We still have family living in Ellijay looks so nice so many improvements
I have property there, its an awesome place. The falls are really cool in the winter when freezing, walking up and down the mountain side staircase is a real hard job.
Panaroma apples is the store at the 7 minute mark, some great stuff to eat in there, fresh apple juice and home made apple pies, apple breads, canned jellys, pickles, relish, etc.. choc and ice creams, nice natural soaps,.
Carters Dam at the lake is pretty big and you can drive across the top of it.
Springer mountain is the pre trail start to the Appl. trail head, before the falls, fun ride thru the mountain woods to get there.
Miles of forestry roads to ride jeeps and motorcycles thru the mountain woods.
The apple festival is a huge mess, 10,000+ people come to a super small town and it blocks it up. Only did this mistake, 1 time.
Coosawattee river resort a super cool place.
A lot of sad history for such a gorgeous place.
I'm looking to retire to that city actually . Thanks for the video.
How is it? I am looking to move there in a couple months if I can pay the bills as self employed horticulturist…but I would change careers in a heartbeat to escape crazy California.
@@juniperjenniferdid you move there? Does it meet your expectations?
Ellijay is a great area for people who love mountains and nature, but also hate harsh long winters. Winter time highs in Ellijay are typically in the upper 40's and lower 50's. That's about as warm as you'll find for an Appalachian town, because Ellijay is at the far southern tip of that range. Great spot.
I am staying in warm Florida couldn't adjust to Wet and cold
An absolutely lovely (and under the radar) area of the country, is rural north Georgia, and towns like Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Helen, Hiawasee, etc. Incredibly lush forests, bubbling cascading creeks everywhere, low crime, sane home prices, tons of protected wilderness, old growth forest (if you know where to look), stunning vistas, and kind locals. Ellijay offers all this while still only 80 minutes from Atlanta, the largest airport on earth, etc. And winters in Ellijay (compared to most mountain towns) are short and reasonable. Lots of upper 40's and low 50's. Some 60's thrown in. A couple inches of snow is a big deal. It combines a mountainous environment without the brutal winters, lots of rain BUT lots of sun too. Not nearly as much drear as the northeast. Just a gem of an area.
I would love to come here
Very interesting!
My gosh I live in the wrong state! I need to get out of Florida.
My uncle is buried at the tip top of that cemetery.
excellent!
Excellent
Anyone with any sense knows that a small town that has a 4 lane highway running through it is not the same as it once was and will never be again. The 2 lane infrastructure in and around town is overwhelmed everytime their is prediction of snow, the first time a leaf changes color, an apple blossom blooms, a new winery opens or it's one of the 7 days of the week. If you enjoy navigating bumper to bumper traffic, strolling the sidewalks with tourists or trying to find a stream to fish that isn't posted or full of people tubing, Ellijay is the place for you. Also, if you do move here and need a job, plenty of burger flipping jobs and the local chicken plant is always hiring, its not hard to find, its basically in the middle of town about a half mile from the waste water plant. Yee Haw Y'all!
As a young boy I loved living here! I wish every antique store would move to Atlanta ! I loved when it was a small community and you go fishing in most streams and flood control lakes these are no longer accessible to the local people (locals are people who ancestors were here for a least a century.! As for carters lake you can’t catch fish anymore unless you’re fishing from a boat which is highly dangerous because of jet skis! There’s a multitude of waterfalls in gilmer county but most of which are no longer accessible for the public! So come to Ellijay buy up all the bread and milk when they promise a foot of snow and get a dusting and choke down the traffic so those of family roots that goes back to the late 1700’s early 1800’s y’all ain’t gonna be able to ruin it the first wave coming in on zell miller pkwy has already succeeded in doing that for you and the rest of us!!!!!
Check out Litttle River Canyon, Ft Payne, AL
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I went
there2 years ago
Sad, how the native land was stolen!!!
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Much like most of the north ga mountains this is no longer a sweet little town just another gated community bought up by out of staters and investors. Absolute shit show.
Except for the Klu Klux Klan standing on the corner trying to hand you a brochure every once in a while a while Elijay is a great place
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Its pronounced "cahutta" not "Cahoota"...
Why all the weird myths of pre-Columbian European explorers on Fort Mountain, which isn't even in Gilmer County much less Ellijay? And why all the images of Native Americans that are clearly not Cherokee nor Muscogee (Creek)? The "threat" of Cherokee "advancement" was not an impetus to Georgia's racist policies that resulted in the Indian Removal Act. It was the depravity of white gold-digging settlers who flooded the area during America's first gold rush, the descendants of whom currently occupy Ellijay. But for many it's easier to claim being "part Cherokee" with zero proof than to admit being heirs of ethnic cleansing.
Jacksons.face.dont.belong.on.any.money
The crime here is really bad stay away
Stop...
@@GDixon-ch3yl or what? You're trying to get people killed!
Rember.the.movie
Deliverance
If
You.hear.banjo.music.dig
The.paddle.a.little.deeper.in.the.water
Good.luck.😅😢
Ellijay is dangerous and a lot of hillbilly rapists.
Andrew.jacksoñ.was.a.s.o.b.