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Tallulah Gorge State Park
- Established
- 1993
- Acreage
- 2,711 · 2,711 acres surrounding Tallulah Gorge; established 1993 in cooperation between Georgia DNR and Georgia Power
- Location
- Habersham/Rabun counties, GA (Tallulah Falls, ~90 mi northeast of Atlanta)
- Key features
- Tallulah Gorge (~2 mi long, ~1,000 ft deep); six waterfalls (Tallulah Falls) dropping ~500 ft over a mile; 80-ft-high pedestrian suspension bridge over the gorge; rim trails and overlooks; Lake Tallulah; sliding rock
- Activities
- Hiking the rim and gorge floor (permit required for floor), suspension-bridge crossing, swimming, rock climbing (permit), kayaking on scheduled aesthetic releases, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, camping
- Notable
- One of the most spectacular canyons in the eastern U.S.; tightrope walker Karl Wallenda walked across the gorge on a steel cable in 1970; whitewater 'aesthetic releases' from the Georgia Power dam happen the first two weekends of April and the first three weekends of November
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Source: gastateparks.org · 2026-05-10