Print it. Bag it. Bring it.Phones die, screens crack, and most of this water has no signal. Print this map, fold it into a zip-top bag or dry bag with your license, and you have a backup your electronics can’t give you. Every marker is numbered so you can say exactly where you are.
| # | Point | Type | Lat, Lon | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Creek Road Bridge (CR 463) Suches, upper river | Bridge crossing | 34.69449, -84.07651 | A track bridge on Gooch Road crosses about 1 km upstream. |
| 2 | Gaddistown Road Bridge (CR 165) Union County | Bridge crossing | 34.71080, -84.07227 | |
| 3 | Wildcat Lodge & Campground private, riverside | Campsite | 34.71961, -84.06711 | |
| 4 | Parker Road Bridge (CR 281) Union County | Bridge crossing | 34.72204, -84.08063 | |
| 5 | Brown Mountain Drive Bridge Union County | Bridge crossing | 34.73425, -84.10301 | |
| 6 | Deep Hole Recreation Area USFS campground and canoe launch | Campsite | 34.73924, -84.14091 | The standard put-in for the upper float. OSM maps a dedicated canoe-launch parking area 100 m off, operated as part of the recreation area. |
| 7 | Rock Creek Road Bridge (CR 2) Fannin County | Bridge crossing | 34.74603, -84.15194 | |
| 8 | Hawk Mountain (Base) Campsite riverside, walk-in | Campsite | 34.74007, -84.15885 | |
| 9 | Newport Road Bridge (CR 222) Fannin County | Bridge crossing | 34.75970, -84.21813 | |
| 10 | Thunder Valley Tubing & Kayak Rentals at the Newport Road bridge | Outfitter / canoe rental | 34.75886, -84.21819 | Tagged amenity=boat_rental. OSM spells the name 'Vallley'; corrected here. |
| 11 | Toccoa River Sandy Bottoms Recreation Area USFS campground | Campsite | 34.78652, -84.23952 | |
| 12 | Sandy Bottom Canoe Launch USFS boating site | Access / boat ramp | 34.79251, -84.23889 | Georgia's delayed-harvest reach begins 450 feet above this launch and runs downstream to a point 0.4 miles above the Shallowford Bridge. Boundary only - check the current regulations. |
| 13 | USGS gauge - Toccoa River near Dial beside the Sandy Bottom launch | USGS gauge | 34.79000, -84.24000 | |
| 14 | Tri-State Bait & Tackle Blue Ridge, 2.1 km off the river | Bait, tackle & fly shop | 34.89263, -84.25980 | Tagged shop=fishing and placed as a building in OSM, not geocoded. The only tackle shop mapped anywhere in the corridor. |
| 15 | Blue Ridge Dam TVA, head of the tailwater | Dam / hazard | 34.88312, -84.28051 | Mapped as two overlapping ways in OSM; one dam. The float above it ends in Lake Blue Ridge; the tailwater below runs to McCaysville. |
| 16 | Tammen Park river access Blue Ridge, tailwater | Access / boat ramp | 34.88800, -84.28592 | Slipway left unnamed in OSM, inside Tammen Park on the bank. The first access below the dam. |
| 17 | Murphy Branch Railroad Bridge Georgia Northeastern Railroad | Bridge crossing | 34.90666, -84.28703 | Carries the scenic railway; the lowest crossing on the mapped river. |
Gauge: USGS 03558000 — TOCCOA RIVER NEAR DIAL, GA. Live flow on the web page.
Species: Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Spotted Bass
Regulations: gadnr.org/fishing-regulations
Emergency: call 911 and give the number of the nearest point on this map plus its coordinates.
Deep Hole Recreation Area, GA Highway 60 - the standard put-in for the canoe trail, USFS campground and river access.
Sandy Bottom canoe access, Old Dial Road - the main take-out and the lower boundary of the delayed-harvest section.
Shallowford Bridge, Shallowford Bridge Road off Aska Road - mid-river landmark; the delayed-harvest water starts 0.4 miles above it.
Old Dial Road generally - follows the river for several miles with pull-offs and wade access on national forest frontage.
Toccoa River swinging bridge at the Benton MacKaye Trail - foot access to the upper river above the float section.
GA Highway 60 south toward Suches - roadside access to the smaller headwater reaches and feeder
Spring: the best of the year. Delayed harvest runs through 14 May with heavy holdover fish, hatches build through March and April, and smallmouth start moving up from Lake Blue Ridge as the water warms.
Summer: bass water. Trout fishing gets marginal in the warmest weeks on the lower float; smallmouth and spotted bass fish well, and the river is at its most floatable for anglers who do not mind sh