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Map of the Historic High Country. East High Country counties are in brown
The East High Country is a sub-region of Georgia's Historic High Country region. The East region of the Georgia Historic High Country shares a border with South Carolina, the Metro Atlanta area, and Classic Heartland of Georgia. Athens and Clemson are notable college towns that are near this area.
Cities
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Map of East High Country
Other destinations
Understand
Get in
Get around
See
- 1 Ty Cobb Museum, ☏ 1 706 245-1825. See art and memorabilia, film, video, books and historical archives of baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, as well as several other notable people from Franklin County
Do
- 1 Fort Yargo State Park. Features 20.5 miles of trails for hikers and mountain bikers. The park's 260-acre lake offers a large swimming beach, fishing and boat ramps. There is also a disc golf course
- 2 Richard B. Russell State Park. State park located on the shores of Richard B. Russell Lake. Features a disc golf course and 6 miles of trails.