19R Settlement Trail, Ellijay, GA 30536

This site has long-range sunrise mountain views to the East and borders the 75-acre Creek Preserve, a community park and gathering place with a a stone pavilion and fireplace, a mile of Anderson Creek, and the two-mile Ridge Loop Trail beside Anderson Creek, four spring creeks and passes the historic pioneer homestead sites of the Anderson and Mulkey families. In Anderson Creek Retreat, a 1,200-acre mountain community adjoining 867,000-acre Chattahoochee National Forest, this site has extraordinary views to the North and East across the Cartecay Valley to Springer Mountain, 4,000-foot ridges of rich mountain wilderness. The building site has mature hardwoods and easy access to the Creek Preserve on the Laurel Springs offering access to miles of trails, a creekside pavilion, inspiring views, a first-class trout stream, spring creeks and nineteenth-century homestead ruins. Conservation easements with the Georgia Land Trust protect more than 130 acres as community greenspace. Sensible