2016-11-08 - Visit West Georgia Fall

Historic Banning Mills near Whitesburg features the world’s largest and best canopy zip line.

Wines produced at the Little Vine Vineyard near the Douglas County line have won medals at prestigious competitions in NewYork and California.

Reserve Park , home to a Creek leader who was assassinated in 1825 for his part in ceding to the state all the land now known as Carroll County. You can get there two different ways, one south along US Highway 27, or Alternate US 27. Travel- ing south down the main highway, turn left on Georgia State Route 5 at Roopville ; if you head down

the alternate, turn right below the town of Whitesburg. By the way, as you head down Alternate 27, keep an eye peeled for Historic Banning Mills , an adventure resort and retreat cen- ter that just happens to have the world’s largest and best zip line canopy tour, as certified by Guin- ness World Records.

There are also 1,500 beautifully wooded woods that once surround- ed a mill complex that flourished here after the Civil War. At its peak, Banning included 10 mills, including two pulp mills, a paper mill, a grist mill and a saw mill, all located within a mile of each other. Headed on to McIntosh park, you’ll discover that it is located less than five miles west of Whitesburg on

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