7 Weekend Getaways Near Atlanta

We’ve chosen 7 of our favorite destinations, all within a 4 hour drive from Atlanta, where you can experience a fantastic weekend getaway.

These towns are particularly wonderful to visit in the fall with plenty of autumn color and outdoor adventures, but are equally wonderful any season.

Weekend In Brevard, NC

Brevard, NC is a charming mountain town filled with shops (including a great toy store), restaurants, antiques, and art galleries. It’s also home to Dupont State Forest, which offers plenty of hiking and mountain biking trails to explore.

Bryson City is another fun outdoor town and possibly the most underrated. Its downtown encourages strolling with quaint shops and restaurants, and the Great Smoky Mountain train depot resides right in the heart of it.

Weekend In Bryson City, NC

Asheville makes for a terrific family weekend. It is an architecturally appealing, fun, artsy town with great restaurants and what seems like a craft brewery on every block.

Weekend In Asheville, NC

We have spent many a day in this wonderful national park. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park (“The Smokies”) spans both Tennessee and North Carolina and is one of the most visited national parks in the country.

Weekend In Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Calling all foodies and outdoor lovers! Greenville, SC has been on the trendy radar for some time, appearing in multiple travel magazines and blogs for its vibrant food scene and beautiful use of the riverfront downtown.

Weekend In Greenville, SC

This is a unique city where you can climb in one of the largest climbing gyms in the country, walk across one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world, visit Civil War battlefields, admire a jellyfish exhibition, and squeeze through rock boulders alongside tiny gnomes statues–all in one weekend!

Weekend In Chattanooga, TN

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