Location: East Ellijay
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What to do and see in East Ellijay, United States: The Best Places and Tips
East Ellijay in United States, from Nouth America region, is best know for Points of Interest & Landmarks. Discover best things to do in East Ellijay with beautiful photos and great reviews from traveller around the world here!
Restaurants in East Ellijay
1. Pig Hill of Fame
Overall Ratings
4 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By Traveler2912
I have eaten here for good. What I am writing is the pig hill. It's an attraction people from all over know about. A lot of people know about it and have their own pig there. Ask for yours. It's very inexpensive. We ran into a young woman in Sierra Vista Az. She knew about it. Wow. We had one made with her name on it. Go get on the hill.
2. Chateau Meichtry Family Vineyard and Winery
Overall Ratings
5 based on 114 reviews
We are OPEN! - We are a family owned and operated vineyard located just 7 miles from East Ellijay, and in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The rolling hills provide a perfect location for growing quality wine grapes. We invite you to come out for a tasting or a glass, while enjoying the beautiful scenery, and on weekends, enjoy live music entertainment from a great array of Georgia musicians.
Reviewed By mrsjones17 - Fairhope, Alabama
My group visited the winery today and had the best time! This place is a real hidden gem. Wesley made our tasting very special taking time to get group photos of us both inside and outside the vineyard and even made sure we liked the pictures before we finished.
He went absolutely above and beyond to serve our group of ladies and made Chateau Meichtry our hands down favorite winery of the day that we visited.
The wine was divine as well! The Susse Root red wine was one of our favorites along with the Old Vine Zinfandel.
What a beautiful place and wonderful staff! Don't miss it!
3. Build an Ark Animal Rescue
Overall Ratings
5 based on 229 reviews
Reviewed By Gina T - Tampa, Florida
Wow, we read the reviews so decided to take our 9 yr old triplets one day during our spring break. It was just a short trip from Blue Ridge and was absolutely the highlight of their trip! They LOVED it and they could have visited everyday after! Susan was so welcoming and started letting the kids feed and pet all the many different kinds of animals the minute we walked in. She had little food stations near each animal stall and the girls even bottle fed a little black and white lamb named Sparky! Rascal the rescue dog greeted us and the kids fed potbelly pigs, emus, lambs, chickens, rabbits, Guinea pigs, sheep, llamas all inside and then she had a basket of food ready for them to go outside to feed the horses as well. We all had a ball and her story is incredible of the barn being demolished by a Cat5 tornado several years back but somehow all of the animals and people there surviving!! Then all that many volunteers who know and love Susan and her farm helped to rebuild it with 911 NYC Fire Dept group leading the rebuild!! A wonderful time with and amazing giving lady. Not to be missed!
4. Expedition:BIGFOOT!
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 81 reviews
Your Mountain Adventure starts here at North Georgia's newest family attraction, where entertainment meets education. See the countries largest permanent display of genuine artifacts, life-size exhibits, large sighting maps, and the world's only Bigfoot Research and Tech vehicle on display. Enjoy the Sasquatch Theater, browse the gift shop, or relax in our Bigfoot Reference Library.
Reviewed By JimmyJetski - Alpharetta, Georgia
Great place to come and spend a few hours.Reasonably priced and the staff was great. Very good museum with a lot of info. Great for young and old alike.
5. Mountain Valley Farm
Overall Ratings
5 based on 181 reviews
Reviewed By pdemar1054 - Seminole, Florida
On our mountain cabin retreat for Christmas week we visited Mountain valley farm to purchase something for Christmas dinner. We loved the farm seeing rabbits running free from one place to another. The property was beautiful with barns and a real farm feel. We also saw a baby calf in a shelter keeping warm. They had pigs and chickens not many out mostly in barns because it was so cold. I purchased 2 filet mignons and a cheddar cheese block. Those filets were the best we have ever eaten. They were tender and so flavorful. I wanted to buy milk & hamburger meat but as it was Christmas Eve they were sold out. I would definitely go back there again and they ship out of state. Yeah!
6. Lake and Stream Guide Service
Overall Ratings
5 based on 5 reviews
Lake & Stream Guide Service is a year round professional fishing guide service based in Ellijay, GA. We offer personally tailored guided trips on Carters Lake, Lake Blue Ridge, Lake Nottely, the Coosawattee River, the Toccoa River tailwater and a number of trophy-managed private trout streams throughout the region. Lake & Stream specializes in catching BIG fish on light tackle. Safety and client comfort are paramount for us. Our mission is to provide every client a fun-filled day of fishing, while experiencing the beauty of the North Georgia area lakes and streams.
Reviewed By bnasby - Indianapolis, Indiana
Our family was staying in a cabin on Carter lake & reserved a guided fish trip. Eric was wonderful with our whole family, our boys, ages 9,13,16, all had a blast. Everyone caught huge fish & we learned a lot. Great time on beautiful lake!We love having kids on the boat! Thanks so much for the great review and we look forward to fishing with you the next time you are in our area!
7. Panorama Orchards & Farm Market
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 134 reviews
Reviewed By Pchee72 - Fernandina Beach, Florida
So many great treats to try and buy. We sampled apples and bought an apple pie and pecan pie. The pecan pie was outstanding! Apple pie was very good. Took home bread and butter pickles ( best we’ve ever eaten) sadly they don’t have mail order and it will be a while before we can get back up there. The blackberry and strawberry preserves are excellent and the apple bread was also delicious.
We can’t wait to go back for more treats!
8. R&A Orchards
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 211 reviews
Reviewed By DebiSlaughter - Ellijay, Georgia, United States
R&A is hands down my favorite Apple House in the area. The people who own and work there are super nice and friendly. They not only have apples, they also carry local sweet potatoes, onions, peaches (in the summer), baked goods, seasonal vegetables and a wide assortment of relishes, jams and sauces. They are located on Hwy. 52E, east of Ellijay and offer lunch items, such as BBQ.
9. Engelheim Vineyard
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 99 reviews
Engelheim Vineyards is a "farm winery" in that the entire process from vine stem to glass stem is performed on the estate. Our guests primarily visit the tasting room where they can enjoy our award-winning wine with a tasting, by the glass, or by the bottle. Tastings are only $10 and include up to 5 wines of your selection from our menu that currently has 15 selections. Once you've selected your wine at the bar, you can relax in our large seating area inside OR outside on the deck or below at picnic tables. Our deck is enclosed during the winter hours for your comfort. We have live music every Saturday/Sunday afternoon with local artists in a variety of styles (Americana, country, folk, etc). Meat & Cheese plates, Cheese plates, and local Smoked Trout Dip w/crackers are available should you wish to stay and enjoy your wine. We look forward to your visit to "experience a taste of Heaven".
Reviewed By Andy T - Atlanta, Georgia
Enjoyed a tasting of 10 different wines, two tastings, five lines each. Really enjoyed the subtle differences between the whites in the Reds. Purchased the few bottles for later enjoyment. Come, listen to music, and have a nice relaxing time.
10. Reece Apple House
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 131 reviews
Reece Orchards is a u-pick apple orchard and farm market offering family friendly fun, petting farms and seasonal festivities.
Reviewed By expansiveworld - Atlanta
So surprised at some of the reviews I've read on here after going. We had a wonderful time. To address:
Apples: Yes, there are slimmer pickings now. The majority of the trees are very picked through although there was still plenty for the crowd of people there to fill up there bags. We were on the right side of the road which has different varieties. Now, most of the people all pick over the same places. But later, we realized there are parts of the orchard that noone seems to get to that still have prime picking and large apples. One of these was near where zip line ends.
Crowds: There were a lot of people but it wasn't a problem. Apple line went quickly even though it was longish. Maybe 15 min? Unless you were buying pies there weren't lines in the store when we were there. Wonderful apple cider donuts, also some produce and of course, you can buy pre bagged apples.
Time: We got there at 2:30 and although we didn't get to do everything we wanted it still seemed like plenty of time and and a long enough day there. We filled our 1 peck bag spending a good bit of time in the orchards. Went zip lining , watched the pig races and bought some stuff at the store.
Price: I believe we paid 5 per person plus $12 for the 1 peck bag and 15 a piece for ziplining. Cow milking and pig races and a few other things free. There were additional activities at cost including petting zoo. The 1 peck bag held plenty of apples for us. We were going to go with the larger bag which was $20 but after filling the bag we had we found it was more then enough for the four of us.
Etc: Zip lining was super fun! This was my first time and I thought it was going to be kind of dinky given that it looked short but it was awesome. Girls (11) loved it as well.
We did wait about 20 min for this. Girls loved the pig races and the guy holding them did a great job and was super enthusiastic. I beleive they also had food- I saw someone with french fries but they were closing up at 6 when we left. We ended up getting Poole's Real Pitt Barbecue which is about 10 minutes away and was a sweet little local place.
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