The Wallalah Mt.- Little Bitty Dial Connection Traditional Cache

The mountain farm community of Dial, established in 1834, is located in the Toccoa River Valley at some 2000 feet altitude. Dial was the first area in Fannin County to be populated, and has remained unchanged for almost 175 years. There are no stoplights, no fast food restaurants, no gas stations, just a goat farm in "downtown" Dial. (There is one store: historical Van Zandt's store established in 1854 which carries convenience items, including gas.) During the Civil War era, Dial was likely very similar to the community portrayed in the movie "Cold Mountain," later on, Dial was a moonshining center. What's the connection to Wallalah Mt.? Being the oldest populated area in Fannin County, Dial is a telephone hub: those of us who live on Wallalah Mt. and the surrounding area, all share the 838 Dial telephone exchange/prefix. Now that you know Dial's connection with Wallalah Mt. (it's a stretch, I know, but I didn't put the Dial cache on top of Wallalah), go find Little Bitty Dial cache on Wallalah Mt. by continuing up Dial Road, turn right at GA 60 (Morganton Highway), and go about a mile or so to the trailhead for the Benton MacKaye Trail. For safety's sake during hunting season, recommend wearing blaze orange at all geocaches in the Chattahoochee National Forest.

The Wallalah Mt. - Little Bitty Dial Connection Cache contains ancient sharks' teeth and sea shells from Venice Beach, FL (rain in the Toccoa River Valley ultimately flows to the Gulf of Mexico via the Toccoa, Ocoee, Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers), water bottle carrier, carabiners, Susan Komen breast cancer research chip clips, UGA playing card Ace of Spades, et al.

Small note: As required by the USFS for caches hidden in the Chattahoochee National Forest the cache is prominantly labeled as a geocache and the label includes the GC1JCGV waypoint number and the owner's e-mail address. Enjoy!