Blue Ridge Mountain Caboose Lodge

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Blue Ridge Mountain Caboose Lodge

Blue Ridge, GA. Large house (sleeps 10, 3 baths), caboose (sleeps 3, 1 bath) and station (1/2 bath).

10/27/2024

10/27/2024

Come to Blue Ridge GA for a family holiday getaway that includes multiple generations. Rent a Blue Ridge cabin that will have room for the whole family.

10/24/2024

🚂 Fall in love with the colors of the season! 🍁 📸 Our scenic train ride is the perfect way to see autumn’s beauty. We love seeing your fall photos! Share them and tag us to be featured on our social channels.

10/24/2024

The 4-hour Santa Train is almost sold out, but our 1-hour express ride still has plenty of seats and it's just as magical! 🎅🌟 Bring your little ones for a quick, festive trip packed with holiday cheer, music, and a visit from Santa! 🚂🎄 Don’t miss this memorable experience—secure your tickets today!

🎟️ https://brscenic.com/holiday-special-rides/

10/01/2024

09/06/2024

Day is this SATURDAY at Brasstown Bald, September 7, 10 - 3pm🌿🎉

Join us for a fun, family event oriented around educating visitors on the Appalachian Trail, the trail’s history and development, how the trail is maintained today, and what a hiker may experience when hiking the Appalachian trail.🥾

⛰️Event Details
FIND Outdoors and the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club (GATC) are partnering to host Appalachian Trail Day. A.T. Day is a fun, family event oriented around educating visitors on the Appalachian Trail, the trail’s history and development, how the trail is maintained today, and what a hiker may experience when walking the A.T. The goal of the event is to not only introduce the A.T., but also give participants knowledge on the natural world and encourage them to be stewards of the great outdoors.

⛰️Schedule
10:00 am – 3:00 pm

⛰️What to Bring
Hat
Sunscreen
Camera

⛰️Ticket Information
Complimentary with paid site admission

A.T. Day Activities
⛰️Welcome Booth – FIND Outdoors
FIND team members will man a welcome booth to inform visitors of the day’s events, pass out promotional material, and distribute scavenger hunts.

🥾Mini Appalachian Trail – GATC
Panels going up the Brasstown Bald Summit Trail represent each state an A.T. hiker would go through when walking from Georgia to Maine. The panels explain what a hiker may encounter in each state and visitors get to experience a miniature A.T.
⛰️A.T. Demonstrations – GATC

GATC volunteers will demonstrate how to hang a bear bag and various trail maintenance techniques throughout the day.
🏕️Mock A.T. Campsite – GATC

GATC volunteers will set up a campsite, which will resemble an A.T. campsite.
⛰️Leave No Trace Junior Ranger – FIND Outdoors

FIND educators will be leading Leave No Trace Junior Ranger activities to educate children on LNT and how to minimize their impact on the environment. Participants will be given a Junior Ranger LNT workbook, as well as a prize for completing the activities.
⛰️Scavenger Hunt – FIND Outdoors

FIND Outdoors will be providing free scavenger hunts for visitors with questions based on the activities and signage up at the event. If the scavenger hunt is complete, participants will receive a prize provided by FIND.

⛰️GATC Movie in Mountain Top Theatre – GATC
The GATC will be playing portions of a video series they created about the A.T.

⛰️Festival Booths – GATC and other participating vendors/community groups

Participating vendors and community groups will set up booths in the designated area in the Brasstown Bald parking lot promoting their organization and education visitors on what they do.
🍔Food Truck

Chill & Fill Chill & Fill - Blairsville, GA will be on-site throughout the day.

09/06/2024

Atlanta pitmasters DAS BBQ is headed to the Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ Festival on September 21st! Get in line early and go back for seconds. You don't want to miss this 'cue! 😋

09/06/2024

Planning an Autumn leaf-peeping trip to the Great Smoky Mountains? Check out this handy guide to predicted times for seeing peak Fall colors via our friends at Visit NC Smokies!

08/31/2024

Did somebody say apples? 🍎 There's plenty more where that came from! Our market sure does look different today than it did in this picture!

08/31/2024

Red Velvet Chicken & Waffles: A classic brunch dish with a unique twist, guaranteed to be the highlight of your next meal.

08/31/2024

What were we whipping up in the kitchen yesterday?

PUMPKIN COOKIES 🎃😋

Our kitchen never smells better than when we have something pumpkin in the oven 🙌🏼 These babies will be making their debut (with a little razzle dazzle) next week!! Stay tuned!!

08/31/2024

08/31/2024

08/31/2024

The (unofficial) final weekend of summer is here! Who's joining us for one last summer ride? 😎🚂

08/27/2024

Every season here is beautiful. ❤️

08/27/2024

Love this place!! Their molcajete is mind-blowing.

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08/27/2024

APPLE U-PICK THIS WEEKEND! 🍎

Come down to the farm and pick your own apples with us this weekend (weather permitting!) If we run out of ripe fruit in the U-Pick fields, don't worry! We'll plan to switch gears and offer tractor tours! 🚜

P.S. If you buy 3 small bags of apples in the market, get a 4th one free!

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Blue Ridge, GA
30513

Website

http://mountaincabooselodge.com/

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Our Story

In 1980, Glenn Sudduth bought at auction in Pennsylvania a 1931 Norfolk & Southern caboose. Glenn had the caboose shipped by rail and flatbed truck and finally lifted onto a short set of tracks he’d installed on the mountainside above the home where he and his wife Mary Sue were raising their three daughters. Glenn lovingly restored the caboose to its original glory, using authentic berth lamps, berth ladder, mirrors, and Pullman wallet/key pouch he’d bought at the auction. He studied articles about refitting a caboose as living space, and he spared no expense in doing that with his. He even built a little station house alongside the caboose. During the 1980s Glenn also added to his family home, creating the spacious dwelling we have today.

Train tracks had run through the town of Blue Ridge, GA since 1886, and the first depot in town was built in 1905. Passenger trains passed through the town until 1951, but freight trains continued to use the tracks until 1987. In 1990, a group of townspeople started working to bring the railroad back to town. Glenn Sudduth was instrumental in bringing the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway to life in 1998; sadly, after 8 years of working to make this dream a reality, Glenn passed away months before it opened for business.

Fast forward to May 2019: we spot a mention on Twitter of a house with a caboose for sale in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia! Years after the passing of their mother, the three Sudduth sisters made the difficult decision to sell their beloved childhood home and their very own caboose. We had the fantastic luck to stumble on this out of the blue, and we put in a contract five days after it came on the market. We have always loved trains, and have taken our three sons to ride the Strasburg Railroad in Pennsylvania and sleep in a real caboose nearby annually for 20 years. How could we resist? One visit to the lovely town of Blue Ridge, GA and we were hooked. We purchased the house in June 2019 and found an amazing local contractor who spent the entire summer renovating and updating all three structures, making it a beautiful and very comfortable home for us to enjoy and for us to share with train-loving guests. Like Glenn, we are passionate about our home, our caboose, and our town.

We hope you’ll come stay with us - you have to see it to believe it!