Take the Back Roads

Sometimes the best way to see Rabun County is to slow down and see where the road takes you.

There are roads in Rabun County that seem to have somewhere important to go.

And then there are the ones that invite you to forget where you were headed in the first place.

Wind your way beyond the well-traveled routes and you'll find some of Rabun County's most beautiful corners—Bridge Creek, Warwoman, Persimmon, Wolf Fork Valley and the many other quiet roads that lead away from the beaten path. Here, the pace slows, the roads narrow, and the scenery seems to unfold around every bend.

 

These are the places where you'll find old homes, creeks, barns, churches, small farms and stretches of forest where the only company may be a deer crossing the road.

 

​These are the roads that don't necessarily take you through Rabun County—they take you into it.

The beauty isn't always in a famous destination.
Sometimes it's an old mailbox at the end of a gravel driveway.
A creek running beneath a weathered bridge.
A glimpse of a mountain through the trees.
A little roadside stand.
A church that has stood for generations.

Or a road you've traveled dozens of times that suddenly looks completely different in the evening light.

That's the charm of taking the back roads.
You don't have to have an itinerary. You don't have to check every destination off a list.
Just turn down a road you've never taken.
Roll the windows down.
Stop when something catches your eye.
Take the long way home.
Because in Rabun County, sometimes the road itself is the destination.