DO NOT RELY ON VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS!

We recommend you use the written directions below since we have found some vehicle navigation systems are not correct.  If you have a Garmin GPS, many guests have successfully used the following coordinates: 
N 34° 43.261
W 083° 26.944

We do however recommend you print the directions in the attached PDF and use them as final directions to the inn.

Also, please note we are located on an unpaved road that is narrow in places and can be quite dusty and bumpy in the summer.  The road has been here for over 100 years though, and is seldom muddy or treacherous. First time visitors are encouraged to arrive before dark if possible. We have made every effort to give you comprehensive directions here, but feel free to call us from your cell phone if you need to.

From Atlanta - 90 Miles - Take I-85 North, to I-985 to Gainesville which is Exit 113 on I-85.  After Gainesville, this will become GA 365, then US 441.  Continue north past exits to Cornelia, & Clarkesville.

At the interchange where Hwy 365 goes right towards Toccoa, * continue north on Hwy 441 for another 7 miles.   At mile marker 18, turn left on Travis Smith Rd., go one block then turn right onto Old Historic 441. Take the first left onto Orchard Road (there is no street sign but a large directional sign for The Orchard Country Club & Community). Go to the second paved road on the right and turn onto Bear Gap Road.   Bear Gap Road will turn into gravel, but continue on for approximately another ½ - ¾ mile.  The Inn is located approximately  1 -1/2 miles down Bear Gap Rd.

From GA 400 - Follow GA 400 until it ends, then continue straight on Hwy 115 through Cleveland to Clarkesville. There is another right turn after about 5 miles. Stay on Hwy 115 until it comes to a dead end in downtown Clarkesville. Turn left onto Historic Old 441 and follow directions below from Clarkesville.

From Greenville, SC - From I-85 take Exit 173, GA Hwy 17 North towards Toccoa (Appalachian Foothills Highway). Go 12.2 miles and turn left following Hwy 17 for about 12 more miles until it intersects with US 23 & 441. Turn right on US 441 north and follow directions after * from Atlanta above.

From Clayton - US 441 south through Tallulah Gorge State Park. Turn right on Old Historic 441- approximately 2 miles south of the Tallulah Gorge Bridge (do not take any earlier turns marked Old 441, they will not work).  Go south on Historic Hwy 441 for about 2 1/2 miles and turn right onto The Orchard Road.  Go to the 2nd paved road, Bear Gap Road and turn right.  Follow Bear Gap Road about 1 1/2 miles.   Please note Bear Gap Road will turn into a gravel road.  Continue on gravel road until you cross a one lane bridge - stay to the left and Glen-Ella Springs Inn is down on the left.  

From Clarkesville - take Old Historic 441 North for 8-1/2 miles to Orchard Rd. Turn left and then take the second paved road to the right on Bear Gap Road and follow the signs.