Activities
Explore the Outdoors Around Kennedy Creek Resort
Suches, Georgia—known as “The Valley Above the Clouds”—is one of North Georgia’s most scenic mountain destinations. Just 80 miles north of Atlanta, it offers breathtaking views, peaceful forests, beautiful waterfalls, and endless opportunities for outdoor adventure.
This page is dedicated to helping you discover the best of the area beyond our resort. Whether you enjoy hiking, fishing, scenic drives, waterfall stops, or exploring forest service roads, Suches is full of unforgettable experiences.
Hiking
Trails
Appalachian Trail
Benton MacKaye trail
Buzzards Roost
Preachers Rock
Slaughter Creek/Blood Mountain
Byron Reese/Blood Mountain
Soseby Cove
Yonah Mountain
Duncan Ridge
Fishing
Cooper Creek
Rock Creek
Tocca River
Dicks Creek
Waters Creek
Black Mountain Trout Ponds
Canoeing and Kayaking
Chestatee River
Applachain Outfitters - Canoeing & kayaking & tubing rental
Chestatee River Adventures -Canoeing & kayaking rental
Toccoa/Ocoee river
Toccoa Valley Campground Tubing -rafting , kayaking & tubing
Rolling Tunder River Company
Raft Oone
Wildwater Rafting
Outdoor Adventure Rafting
Cherokee Rafting
Chathoochee River
Cool River Tubing & Adventures, tubing rental, 28 miles 38 minutes
Wildwood Outfitters, canoe and kayak rental -31 miles, 45 minutes
Cartecay River
Cartecay River Experience -kayak and tube rental, 39 miles, 1 hr.
Etowah River
Chattooga River
Southeastern Expeditions rafting company, 61 miles, 90 minutes
Mountain Biking
Bull mountain/jake mountain black branch trailhead - 23 miles, 42
minutes
Yona Preserve- 22 miles, 32 minutes
Jackrabbit 38 miles, 58 minutes
Road bicycling
Three Gap
Six gap
Adventure/dual sport motorcycles
BDR X
BDR
Whissenhunt OHV Trails
Iron mountain
Road motorcycles
Routes
Dirt/gravel/ road touring
Sports Cars
Atlanta motorsports Park 34 miles, 52 minutes
Destinations
Towns
Dahlonega 15 miles, 26 minutes
Blairsville 21 miles, 36 minutes
Cleveland 22 miles, 35 mnutes
Helen 30 miles, 42 minutes
Blueridge 33 miles, 52 minutes
Waterfalls
Crow Falls
Helton Falls -15 miles, 32 minutes
Waters/Dicks Creek Falls- 15 miles, 28 minutes
Blood mountain Creek Falls
Trahlyta Falls
Canada Creek Falls
Sea Creek Falls- 16 miles, 32 minurtes
Lower Black Falls
DeSoto Falls -5 miles, 27 minutes
Long Creek Falls – 19 miles, 55 minutes
Fall Branch Falls- 27 miles, 47 minutes
Anna Ruby Falls – 33 miles, 52 minutes
High Shoals Falls – 28 miles, 52 minutes
Amicolola Falls State Park – 33 miles, 48 minutes
Lakes
Winfield Scott State Park- 5 miles , 10 minutes
Lake Vogle State Park – 11 miles, 23 minutes
Dockery Lake- 4 miles, 10 minutes
Chatuge Lake- 34 miles, 59 minues
Notley lake - 30 miles 50 minutes
Lake Zwerner – 14 miles, 23 minutes
Wineries
Wolf Mountain Vinyard -12 miles, 21 minutes
Odom Springs
Cavendar Creek Vinyards
Three Sisters Vinyards and Winery
Consolidated Gold Mine Gold mine tour , 15 miles, 26 minutes
Dahlonega Gold Museum-15 miles, 26 minutes
Valley of the Giants – 9.6 miles, 18 minutes
Smith Gall Woods State Park- 38 miles ,26 minutes,
Tocca River Swinging Bridge 18 miles’ 49 minutes
Brasstown Bald 27 miles, 50 minutes
Track Rock Gap Petroglyph Site 20 mioles, 37 minutes
Byron Reece Farm & Hertage Center -12 miles, 24 minutes
Chestatee Wildlife Preserve & Zoo
North Georgia Wildlife Park and Safari
North Georgia Model Aviators `
Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad . along toccoa river, 33 miles, 52 minutes to Blue Ridge,
22 mile round trip from Blueridge to McCaysville
Links:
National Forest
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r08/chattahoochee-oconee/recreation
BDR
Black Mountain Trout Pond
https://www.facebook.com/p/Black-Mountain-Trout-Ponds-And-Fishing-Shack-100057616472107/
Cooper’s Creek WMA
https://georgiawildlife.com/coopers-creek-wma
Georgia Traverse
