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ATTRACTIONS

What to visit in Dahlonega? To find out, check out the list below, which contains some of the most popular and favorite attractions in Dahlonega.

- Gold Museum, featuring exhibits that include a set of golden coins, a nugget weighing more than five ounces, a large hydraulic cannon and nozzle used to blast soil from mountainsides, a film and gift shop. The courthouse is also one of the museum's highlights, featuring beautiful wooden chapel seats from 1889 and the judge's chambers. The admission fees are between $3.50 and $5.

- Consolidated Gold Mine, the site of the largest hardrock Gold Mine East of the Mississippi River, where visitors can enjoy a 40-minute Underground Adventure of the mine, or try the ''Gemstone Grubbin'', in which water powered flume boxes quickly wash away material revealing beautiful gemstones, giving visitors the feeling of an authentic gold hunting experience. In the Consolidated Gold Mine, visitors travel 200 feet underground and travel 100 years back in time - a unique experience, considered a must, when visiting Dahlonega.

- Hidden Valley Campground, a place where the worries disappear and relaxation makes way. The Hidden Valley Campground is a wonderful place to spend a weekend in the outdoor with family or friends.

Annual Events

There are dozens of fun and exciting celebrations going on in Dahlonega, throughout the year, such as the Annual Bear On The Square Festival's Mountain Marketplace, which happens in April, among the top things to see and do, during this fun event, being the Mainstage Tent music performances, the popular Gospel Jam, the old-time Mountain Dance, the Live Country Auction, family activities, and music workshops.