Nature Parks and Trails

 

The unique beauty of The Blue Ridge Mountains and its surrounding natural landscape provide a stunning backdrop for your home at Sharp Mountain. To help you and your family connect with nature, come and explore our parks, complete with interlacing private trails, scenic outlooks and sitting alcoves dotted throughout this stunning North Georgia mountain community.

Talking Falls Park

Our spectacular 7-acre park is a nature-made wonder, tweaked and improved by outdoor lovers. Walk the creek side path, cross the natural rock bridge, and trek the advanced hiking trails. Pause to investigate the native plants, identified and classified by local botanists. Bring your family down for a picnic next to the rushing waterfalls. Rest your feet in the cool, clean water and breathe the moist, fresh air. Some call it a sanctuary, some- a rustic retreat. We call it our way of life.

Sharp Mountain Nature Park

Naterra Lodge & Lawn - a hand-crafted lodge with a double-sided fireplace and sweeping views, designed for special events; The Cub’s Den - a natural playground where children’s imaginations run wild; Adirondack Outlook – a handicapped-accessible porch for views and peaceful mornings; Split Rock Garden – this stunning garden features a thousand year-old split rock, native plants transplanted from the community, rock bridges and flowing water in an active waterfall.

Boulder Falls Park

Hike the Mystic Trail, explore the waterfall, climb on the boulders or relax in Mystic Waters, our new meditation respite. Picnic at the rock tables, listen to the flowing water, breathe the clean mountain air.

The Falls

Stop and enjoy the views and sounds of two roadside waterfalls featuring cedar benches and tables perfect for picnics and gatherings with friends and family.

Nesting Waters Park

A bird sanctuary with bird houses built out of materials from the land and a butterfly garden. A lake made home by two families of ducks. A pagoda with porch swings. A place to rest and relax.

Bent Tree

Centuries ago, the Cherokee Indians in Georgia developed a unique way to mark their trails and territories. They would locate tree saplings near their borders and along their trails and lash them to the ground. As the tree grew older, a significant bend in the trunk would take shape, making a clear marker. To find a bent tree today is a treasure, as most have vanished over time.

When we began work on The Preserve at Sharp Mountain near Jasper, Georgia, we discovered several bent trees. We immediately preserved each bent tree, and with it a Cherokee legend that is still told today. Today, hikers can visit the bent trees at The Preserve at Sharp Mountain, where they’ll find them enshrined and untouched- as they have stood for centuries.

Twin Creeks Park

Nestled between two bustling creeks, featuring a natural playground for family fun – plenty of grills and picnic tables for barbecues.

Enterkin Park

Enjoy Enterkin’s natural hiking trails or take a break in our lovely gazebo.