Central and North Georgia Sights

Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center

Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center Review

In 1966, students at the Rabin Gap-Nacoochee School wrote articles for a magazine based on generations-old family stories. Their excitement in chronicling life in the Appalachians has led to more than a dozen Foxfire books, which have sold nearly 9 million copies. The nonprofit foundation behind Foxfire opened the center to students and teachers worldwide, inviting them to the Foxfire Course for Teachers. A collection of authentic and reconstructed log cabins, a gristmill, a blacksmith's shop, and a church, accessible by a rough gravel road, re-create Appalachian life before the days of electricity and running water.

    Contact Information

  • Address: 200 Foxfire La., off U.S. 441 at Black Rock Mountain Pkwy., Mountain City, GA, 30562 | Map It
  • Phone: 706/746-5828
  • Cost: $6
  • Hours: Mon.--Sat. 8:30--4:30
  • Website: www.foxfire.org
  • Location: Clayton

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