Dahlonega, GA: TRAFFIC!!!

[magnusfide]

On the way to Vogel State Park 2 weeks ago we went through Dahlonega, GA for the first time in 3 years and had a long wait to get through the stop lights. It was a Tuesday afternoon when traffic is normally light but long car lines at the stop lights take 3 light changes just to get through the intersection.

Apparently the university there now has 17,000 students and the traffic confirms it. Do yourself a favor and take another route to get through north Georgia.

[magnusfide]

narcodog wrote:

magnusfide wrote:

narcodog wrote:
Use a paper map and you will see a very good bypass for both Cleveland Dahlonega with no traffic.

The intersections on the Dahlonega bypass are the most crowded now. That's where we had to wait for 3 light changes to get through.

At the end of GA 400 go straight instead of turning left, it's two lane with a few turns look at a map. My GPS does avoid Dahlonega when I tell it to avoid it, that's the way it sends me.

Yep. We normally take that route and at GA SR 52 turn right to go east to Cleveland then north on US 129 to Vogel - very scenic. I think we'll go that way again from now on. We hadn't seen Dahlonega in a few years so went that way this time. Next weekend is Dahlonega Gold Rush and I'm told it backs traffic 5 miles from Dahlonega on all roads. Definitely steer clear of Dahlonega next weekend.

[narcodog]

magnusfide wrote:

narcodog wrote:
Use a paper map and you will see a very good bypass for both Cleveland Dahlonega with no traffic.

The intersections on the Dahlonega bypass are the most crowded now. That's where we had to wait for 3 light changes to get through.

At the end of GA 400 go straight instead of turning left, it's two lane with a few turns look at a map. My GPS does avoid Dahlonega when I tell it to avoid it, that's the way it sends me.

[magnusfide]

narcodog wrote:
Use a paper map and you will see a very good bypass for both Cleveland Dahlonega with no traffic.

The intersections on the Dahlonega bypass are the most crowded now. That's where we had to wait for 3 light changes to get through.

[narcodog]

Use a paper map and you will see a very good bypass for both Cleveland Dahlonega with no traffic.

[RoyB]

Was always a large traffic jam there... Even for us in our off-road POPUP trailer haha...

Love camping in the Northern high country of GA and ALA so it doesn't bother us to wait a little bit sometimes...

Roy Ken