Story by GREG DREVENSTEDT / photos by PHIL BUONPASTORE & BRIAN CARPENTER
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North Georgia roads wind through lush forest and offer views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Paradise in the Peach State
Top 5 motorcycle roads in Georgia
Established in 1732 as the thirteenth of the original American colonies, Georgia is a state rich in history. It’ s also rich in terms of geography, with terrain ranging from beaches and barrier islands along the Atlantic coast to the Okefenokee swamp along its southern border with Florida, vast tracts of farmland throughout the middle and southern parts of the state, and rolling foothills and mountains in the north.
Because we motorcyclists gravitate towards areas with roads characterized by curves and elevation changes, North Georgia has the greatest draw for us. It is here, within a small region, that you’ ll find the top five motorcycle roads in Georgia. These roads are within striking distance of each other, so they can be easily linked together.
The Appalachian Mountains, which span nearly the entire length of the eastern states, begin their northeasterly march in Georgia. Within the Appalachians is a region known as the Blue Ridge Mountains that forms a gnarled, upturned finger from North Georgia up through parts of Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
Without further ado, let’ s get started.
# 1 GEORGIA TRIANGLE What better place to begin a list of top motorcycle roads than Two Wheels of Suches, a lodge, campground, and restaurant that caters to motorcyclists? Located near the junction of State Route 60 and Wolf Pen Gap Road( State Route 180), the western corner of the Georgia Triangle, Two Wheels of Suches( and its earlier iteration, Two Wheels Only) has been a gathering place for motorcyclists since the early 1980s.
Located within Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, the 35-mile loop of the Georgia Triangle goes around Blood Mountain. Starting at Stonepile Gap, which is six miles north of Dahlonega, the three legs of the triangle – SR-60 from Stonepile Gap to Suches; Wolf Pen Gap Road / SR-180 to Vogel
Two Wheels of Suches( top) is a motorcycle oasis on the Georgia Triangle, a trio of fantastic roads that includes U. S. Route 19( bottom).
State Park; and U. S. Route 19 back to Stonepile Gap – are anything but straight. Curves range from diabolically tight hairpins to fast sweepers and everything in between. Do yourself a favor: Ride it in one direction, then turn around and ride again the other way.
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