Elizabeth & Korbahn
Things To Do
Public Square
The town square surrounds the Gold Museum and features a very friendly and helpful visitor’s center with brochures, maps, and clean restrooms. You will also enjoy the Dahlonega General Store, the Fudge Factory, Outlaw Jerky & Trail Grub, Giggle Monkey Toys, Humble Candle (one of Elizabeth’s favorite shops), the Gateway Antiques Mall, and many more unique shops.
Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site
Open 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. The museum is housed in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse. one of the oldest courthouses in Georgia. It features rare gold coins and a large gold nugget and more from the Georgia gold rush, which began twenty years before the California rush.
Chestatee River Diving Bell
Always open. The diving bell is an open-bottomed pressurized submersible that was tethered to a boat. It was made in 1875 and was using in mining gold until the boat and bell mysteriously sank in 1876. It was also where Korbahn and Elizabeth sat for their first date!
Lake Zwerner Trail and Pulloff
This trail follows Lake Zwerner, or the Yahoola Creek Reservoir, and goes for about 3.3 miles around the water. Hikers will encounter some moderate uphill and downhill sections. Parking is available by the dam as are picnic tables and a porta-potty. It is also where Korbahn and Elizabeth went on when Korbahn asked her to be his girlfriend!
Baptist Student Center
The Baptist Collegiate Ministries Center is right across from the UNG campus. It is a big, beautiful white Victorian house transformed into a ministry center. Elizabeth held various leadership positions at BCM during her college days, and she lived in a spacious room upstairs in the center. The house is so lovely and charming that Hallmark filmed a Christmas movie there—and on the Square--last year!
Consolidated Gold Mine Road
Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This mine offers underground tours, group tours, gemstone mining, and gold panning. More info can be found at consolidatedfoldmine.com.
Amicalola Falls State Park
Find the Entrance to the Appalachian Trail at Amicalola State Park, about 18 miles from Dahlonega. This park features a 729-foot waterfall, which is the higest in Georgia and one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the state. The park has with a viewing platform on a lower bridge and a challenging set of stairs climb to the top of the falls. This park is in the Chatahoochee National Forest and is one of the most popular parks in Georgia.
Chestatee Wildlife Preserve & Zoo
Open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (You must enter by 3:15 p.m.) This nonprofit preserve features native and exotic species from around the world and prides itself on providing a friendly, clean, and safe environment for all the animals.
Georgia Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium is one of the largest in the world with 550, 000 square feet and 8 million gallons of water. It is home to several hundred species of fish and sea creatures, and it houses the only whale sharks outside of Asia. Other animals include bottlenose dolphins, penguins, sea otters, jellies, beluga whales, and many more.
World of Coca-Cola
This museum showcases the history of The Coca-Cola Company and houses memorabilia, interactive exhibits, and the Secret Formula vault. You also get a chance to taste test more than 100 flavors from products sold all around the world.