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Must See Sites of the Local Toccoa Area
- Toccoa Welcome Center
706-886-2132.
- Traveler's Rest Historic Site
State historic site and National Historic Landmark. Inn built in 1783. Restored plantation house for travelers. Located six miles east of Toccoa via. U.S. Hwy. 123. 8162 Riverdale Road, Toccoa. Admission fee: $2.50 adults, $2 seniors, $1.50 students Open Thursday-Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 2-5:30 p.m.
706-886-2256.
- Tugaloo State Park
located 18 miles from Toccoa with swimming, fishing, camping, water skiing. Located on Hartwell Lake.
- Hartwell Lake
1,000 miles of shoreline
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Currahee Mountain
900 ft. high. Home of the 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment from 1942-1945. It was on this tough, rugged little mountain that the men of the 506th were sufficiently hardened to enable them to break the world march record held by the Japanese Army. The 506 gained nationwide attention for this feat. Currahee was also the cry of the 506th paratroopers as they exited the door during their first jump and continued to be the cry whenever they jumped into combate. They were known as the "Currahees". The 506th, along with the camp, were featured in the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers. A Camp Toccoa driving tour map is available from the Stephens County Historical Museum.
- Yonah Dam
- Stephens County Historical Museum
313 Pond Street.
(706) 282-5055.
- Fishing
North Fork Broad River, Davidson Creek, Little Toccoa Creek, Panther Creek.