Helen, Georgia
Flower Sniff'n
May 5-May 9, 2025
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Willkommen bei Helen! Helen, Georgia Flower Sniff'n May 5-May 9, 2025
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 Flower Sniffers will gather in the Bavarian-style town of Helen, Georgia in May for three days of riding in the North Georgia Mountains. Come join in riding the mountain roads, listening to the mountain music, and tasting the Bavarian vittles!! The MTF last visited Helen in April 2012. |
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Safety
In addition to requiring the use of a DOT approved helmet on all MTF rides, the MTF Flower Sniff'n Committee strongly encourages the use of Motorcycle specific protective clothing and footwear while participating in any Flower Sniff'n event. All-the-gear-All-the-time (ATGATT) reduces the severity of injuries in an accident and we want every participant in our events to be as safe as possible.Also the MTF Flower Sniff'n Committee strongly encourages each participant in our events to self assess their riding style, interests, need for breaks and riding skill level and to keep that assessment in mind when choosing a riding partner or small group (2-4 riders) to ride with at our events. Sharing the road with someone of similar interests and riding style not only makes the ride more enjoyable for you, but safer for everyone.
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The
dinner location each evening, except for Monday evening, will
be by group consensus. Possibilities include:
Bodensee
Restaurant
- German Restaurant, Food, German
The
Heidelberg – German Restaurant, Pub, Music Hall – Helen,
Georgia
Menu - Hofbrauhaus Restaurant - German Restaurant in Helen, GA
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Quality Inn Downtown Helen
15 Yonah St. |
Hotel Rates:
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Route |
Route Description |
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Routes 1-4 are taken from the RoadRunner Shamrock tours database for Helen GA. I used Basecamp with mapset 2025.2 to run for GPX files. The listed lunch stops appear to still be in business at this point but no guarantee. |
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| Tour 1 |
Route going northeast to Cashiers NC with a lunch break at Cashier’s Valley Smokehouse, then south to Toccoa Falls for a total of 173 miles |
| Tour 2 | Route goes north by Lake Chatuge, then continues north to Sylvia NC, south to Highlands with a lunch break at the Blue Bike Café then in a southwest direction to Helen. |
| Tour 3 |
Loop to the west of Helen with a lunch break at Van Zandt's Grill & Grocery in Blue Ridge GA. The store is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
| Tour 4 |
This route goes north to Murphy NC thru Robbinsville to Deal Gap Store then follows US28 (Moonshiner) with a lunch break at the Fontana Pitstop then back to Clayton GA. This route does not travel “The Tail of the Dragon” but that could be added at the Deals Gap store if desired. |
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Routes 5-8 are provided by Mike Borolla with input from relatives who live in the area. |
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| Tour 5 | Wayah,
Cherohala Skyway |
| Tour 6 | Franklin Loop |
| Tour 7 | Moonshiner
28 & Wayah Rd |
| Tour 8 | Short
& Sweet |
| ZIP file containing all All Routes: Routes.zip | Right-click
the filename, and SAVE LINK AS When loading these routes into your GPS, if you should get an error message something like: "these were created with different maps, do you want to recalculate?", we recommend selecting NO. |