Brown's Guide to Georgia

Historic Banning Mills rests among 1,000 beautifully wooded acres, overlooking the scenic Snake Creek Gorge in Whitesburg, Georgia.

You will not only enjoy the warm “Romantic Getaway” atmosphere, but we are a perfect family get-a-way place and corporate retreat.

Banning Mills has multiple food options, spa and many great entertaining outdoor adventures. The beautiful scenic environment is perfect for weddings, romantic getaways, family outings, church retreats, and other group events. Great service, amenities and warm country hospitality are blended with an idyllic setting.

View a heart-pumping video of the world-class Banning Mills Zipline.

Accommodations
Historic Banning Mills has 12 spacious Jacuzzi rooms with private baths, king beds, double Jacuzzi tubs, hide-a-bed couches, gas fire logs and decks. There are 10 country-elegant log cabin suites that are furnished with a queen bed, jetted tubs, private bath, breakfast area, gas fire logs, and a loft with two twin beds. Five cozy cottages feature an efficiency kitchen, queen bed, private bath, futon, sleeping loft and electric fire logs. The lodge building has 20 lodge rooms. These rooms have king beds that can be made into two extra long and wide twin beds, private baths and a deck overlooking the enchanting Snake Creek Gorge.

Dining
During your stay, you will wake up to a delicious hot breakfast, which is included in your overnight package. Choices for lunch and dinner are available with advance notice. Enjoy a freshly cooked, wonderfully prepared dinner by Banning Mills chefs. Where to eat can be almost as fun as what to eat. You can choose the dining room or the dining room addition, the “Tree Terrace,” that sits 100 feet above Snake Creek.

Camping
We have excellent facilities at our Banning Mills RV park, from full hook-ups for RVs to primitive tent campsites and rental cabins and cottages.

Enjoy the fun of camping with camping activities like fishing on our catch-and-release lake, kayaking on our river, swimming in the pools, or horseback riding along our trails.

Adventure
Looking for an extreme adventure? If so, Banning Mills has the ultimate adventure for you! The Tree Flight Zip Line Canopy Eco-Tour is one of the longest and highest Tree Canopy Eco-Tour Lines in the World. You will soar up to 60 miles per hour over 200 feet in the air!

Enjoy horseback riding on our beautiful and historic trails with peaceful surroundings.

Take a shot at our skeet range and pistol range shooting grounds. The Skeet Range includes sporting guns, cartridges, targets and facilitator.

Take a peaceful ride in our unsinkable kayaks. They are safer than a boat or canoe, are very hard to turn over, and no roll training is required. These kayaks provide a relaxing platform to observe nature’s wonders and the native heritage of our rivers and creek. You can ride the kayak in the Chattahoochee River, the Tallapoosa River or in our lake.

With acres and acres of wooded property, there are many trails to explore at Historic Banning Mills. As you hike along the old town roads, Creek Indian paths and old water raceways, one can feel generations of the past envelope you. Hike along Snake Creek, explore the ruins of the paper mill and walk on actual water raceways.

Check out our new Winged Ambassadors Bird of Prey show in our new Raptor Theater.

Spa Treatments and Packages
Our Spa packages and body treatments are refreshing getaway delights. We offer the ‘Romantic Adventure Getaway,’ ‘Banning Sampler’ and the ‘Romantic Rendezvous’ Spa packages. Rejuvenate yourself with a manicure, pedicure, hand treatment, aromatherapy, facial or massage.

Team Building
Our Low – High Ropes Courses (sometimes called challenge courses) are a series of constructed, interactive components that, when completed as a whole, will help the individuals as a group address issues of communication, goal setting, teamwork, relationships, risk, trust, self-confidence, commitment and much more. In other words, your group learns valuable traits that can easily be applied to the workplace, home and personal relationships.

The GPS Adventure Challenge is an innovative way of team building in a scenic historical area! This course combines adventure, technology and team building into a unique and exciting group experience. This adventure challenge is based on the recreational sport called “geocaching.” This is the ultimate team problem solving adventure.

Other Amenities
Free Internet WiFi almost everywhere.