EVENTS

Georgia Apple Festival. 9-6 Saturday, 9-5 Sunday. Oct. 12-13 and 19-20. $5 adults, children under 10 free. Parking donation appreciated. No pets allowed. Lions Club Fairgrounds, 1729 South Main Street, Ellijay. 706-636-4500. www.georgiaapplefestival.org

Big Red Apple Festival. 10 a.m. -4 p.m.. Oct. 12. Cornelia. 706-778-8585 ext. 280

www.corneliageorgia.org/BigRedAppleFestival.aspx

ELLIJAY APPLE ORCHARDS

www.georgiaapplefestival.org/orchards.aspx

Aaron’s Apple House. 8350 Hwy 52 E.

B.J. Reece’s Apple House. 9131 Hwy 52 E.

Hillcrest Orchards. 9696 Hwy 52 E.

Hudson’s Apple House. 8036 Hwy 52 E.

Mack Aaron’s Apple House. 8955 Hwy 52 E.

Panorama Farm Market. Hwy 515 S.

Penland’s Apple House, (Two locations: Hwy 515. Also Hwy 282 /7678 Talls Creek Road.

R&A Orchards. 5505 Hwy 52 E.

Red Apple Barn. 3381 Tails Creek Rd/Hwy 282.

Seller’s Apple House. 255 Parks Dr/Hwy 52 e.

FALL FOLIAGE

See Georgia State Parks’ Leaf Watch site: www.gastateparks.org/leafwatch

Top state parks for fall color:

Amicalola Falls State Park – Dawsonville

Black Rock Mountain State Park – Clayton

Cloudland Canyon State Park – Near Chattanooga

Don Carter State Park – Lake Lanier

F. D. Roosevelt State Park – Pine Mountain

Fort Mountain State Park – Chatsworth

Hard Labor Creek State Park – Rutledge

James H. (Sloppy) Floyd State Park – Summerville

Moccasin Creek State Park – Lake Burton

Red Top Mountain State Park – Lake Allatoona

Smithgall Woods State Park – Helen

Sweetwater Creek State Park – Lithia Springs

Tallulah Gorge State Park – Near Clayton

Unicoi State Park – Helen

Vogel State Park – Blairsville