Sosebee Cove is a high-elevation, north-facing cove forest in the

Chattahoochee National Forest The Chattahoochee River () is a river in the Southeastern United States. It forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a rela ...

, in the US state of

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. The trail through the cove is dedicated to

Arthur Woody Arthur Woody (April1, 1884June10, 1946) was an American conservationist and humanitarian. He was born in Suches, Georgia. He saw his father kill the last deer in the North Georgia mountains in 1895. As a forest ranger for the United States Forest S ...

, who negotiated the cove's purchase for the

United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 United States National Forest, national forests and 20 United States Natio ...

. Located near

Blairsville, Georgia Blairsville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Georgia, Union County, on the northern border of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. It was founded near the Nottely River, which was dammed in 1942 as part of the Tennessee ...

in the Blue Ridge Ranger District, Sosebee Cove has a rich diversity of shade tolerant trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.

External links

Sosebee Cove Scenic Area and Trail
US Forest Service
Celebrating Wildflowers - Sosebee Cove
US Forest Service {{coord, 34.76220, N, 83.94797, W, display=title Protected areas of Union County, Georgia Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Forests of Georgia (U.S. state)