Driving Directions

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Camp Mikell Entrance signFROM ATLANTA

  • Take 85 North to 985.
  • 985 becomes Rt. 365 just north of Gainesville.
  • Take 365 to the Toccoa/ Lavonia exit (N 123, S 17, N 365).
  • You will go through one traffic light right after you take the exit
  • Go down the mountain until the first traffic light and turn left (6.4 miles from the exit. A Shell Station is on your left.)
  • Go until the next traffic light (3.2 miles) and turn left onto Broad St/MLK (Hwy 184)
  • Go under the railroad tracks, through the traffic light, and then make your next right onto Tugalo Street (Hwy 184).
  • Go to your fourth traffic light next to the First Baptist Church and turn left onto Prather Bridge Road (Hwy 184).
  • Go 3.4 miles just past a small bridge and turn left onto Camp Mikell Road.
  • Continue down Camp Mikell Road and stay on the paved part (2 miles), through the Camp Mikell gate, and up the hill into the parking lot.
  • The office is at the far end of the long reddish wooden building up a small hill toward the main part of camp (on your left).

FROM GREENVILLE, SC

  • Take 85 South towards Atlanta.
  • Get off at the Lavonia/Hwy 17 exit (Exit 173) and turn left (the exit makes a 180 degree turn, so if you are going south on the interstate you will actually be going to the right, or west).
  • Continue on Hwy 17 into Toccoa.
  • Hwy 17 becomes Big A Road.
  • Continue past a Super WalMart on your left, numerous fast food restaurants, across a bridge over railroad tracks, past the Toccoa Clinic, around a sharp curve to the left and then a traffic light. The First Baptist Church will be across the street on your right.
  • Turn right at the traffic light onto Prather Bridge Road (Hwy 184).
  • Go 3.4 miles just past a small bridge and turn left onto Camp Mikell Road.
  • Continue down Camp Mikell Road (2 miles) and stay on the paved part, through the Camp Mikell gate, and up the hill into the parking lot.
  • The office is at the far end of the long reddish wooden building up a small hill toward the main part of camp (on your left).