The Changing of The Leaves – Minutes from Your New Home at Fields Bridge in Cumming

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The Changing of The Leaves - Minutes from Your New Home at Fields Bridge in Cumming

If you are into fall and the changing of the leaves, check out the proximity of the North Georgia Mountains to Cumming, Ga. and the new home community of Fields Bridge.

Fall brings sunny days and cool nights that are ideal to start the changing of the leaves. The most vibrant color usually begins in mid to late October at the higher elevations in north Georgia, extending into early November at lower elevations.

Here are some picks that are within a day trip from Cumming.

Amicalola Falls State Park

Its easy to see why this is one of Georgias most popular state parks. Amicalola, a Cherokee Indian word meaning tumbling waters, is an appropriate name for these 729-foot falls the tallest east of the Mississippi River. An eight-mile approach trail leads from the park to Springer Mountain, the southern ……..more

Bobby Brown State Park

This pretty park offers watersports enthusiasts a quiet oasis on 70,000-acre Clarks Hill Lake. Located where the old town of Petersburg once thrived during the 1790s, the park is named in memory of Lt. Robert T. Brown, U.S. Navy, who gave his life in World War II. Petersburg was situated where the Broad ……..more

 

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Dahlonega Gold Museum Historic Site

Twenty years before the famed 1849 gold rush in California, thousands of prospectors flocked into the Cherokee Nation in north Georgia, marking the true beginning of our country’s first gold rush. Their dramatic story is told inside the historic 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse, the oldest courthouse ……..more >]