What To See When You Visit Historic Cave Spring, Georgia

Historic Cave Spring, Georgia is one of the fascinating places you can visit during your stay in Rome. You are transported back to a simpler time when you enter the town of Cave Spring. This beautiful town is rich in history. Everyone I meet in Cave Spring has a deep passion for their town, and I understand why.

When you visit Cave Spring, your first stop should be the Welcome Center and Museum. The staff is very knowledgeable and can tell you anything you want to know about Cave Spring. There are also lots of memorabilia that you can look at from the town’s colorful history. The lovely ladies that we talked to gave us so much information. It is a great place to start when you visit Cave Spring. After visiting the Welcome Center and Museum, you will understand why saving the historic buildings and preserving their rich history is so vital to the residents of Cave Spring.

The downtown area of Cave Spring is called “The Square,” and it looks like it came out of a storybook. It is lined with stores, a few restaurants, and a gazebo. It is also set right outside Rolater Park, the most prominent place in Cave Spring. The cave and spring are located in Rolater Park. You won’t find fast dining or cookie-cutter stores when you go to Cave Spring. You will find restaurants that serve the best food you will ever eat and stores owned and operated by the town’s people.

There are some fantastic restaurants located in Cave Spring. There is a steak house called Linde Marie’s that is amazing. They have a sign, “Arrive as guests, leave as friends,” when you enter. That is the exact tone of the restaurant. While sitting there, we saw people who were called by name and treated as friends come in. The atmosphere and the food were terrific. Local Joe’s BBQ, Southern Flavor home cooking, La Cabana Mexican, and a coffee and ice cream shop are just a few dining options.

There was a discovery when a building on the square was being restored. Underneath the outer shell was a cabin, The Vann Cherokee Cabin. It has now been restored to its original structure and is open to public viewing. It is now certified as a National Trail of Tears Site.

Cave Spring gets its name from the cave and spring in the town’s heart. It is located in Rolater Park, where you will find the purest water. People drive for miles around to fill up bottles, jugs, and whatever else they can find to carry the water from the cave. It doesn’t get any more pure or perfect than that.

The spring is channeled through a stream and into the public pool in Rolater Park. The pool is in the shape of Georgia. It’s the coldest water when the Georgia summer heat beats down on you. As cold as the pool is on the hottest summer days, I cannot imagine how cold it is on New Year’s Day when the bravest brave swim in the annual Polar Plunge.

In the same park, there are a few historic buildings. The buildings can be rented separately or together and are excellent places for weddings. You have everything you need for your big day at the same location with a beautiful park surrounding you.

An old historic Baptist Church still holds weddings. It has a beautiful old-time feel about it.

Beside the church is Hearn Academy. Initially, it might have been an old schoolhouse. Today it is a large building that can hold wedding receptions, meetings, class reunions, family reunions, or events. On the inside, it has a lot of character and is beautiful.

Travelers can rent out the Hearn Inn for overnight accommodations. Everyone we met in Cave Spring was so lovely. A couple of Cave Spring residents and their dog enjoyed the beautiful weather on the front steps of the Hearn Inn.

Another accommodation in Cave Spring is the Tumlin House Bed & Breakfast. It is a beautifully well-preserved home just off The Square, within walking distance of the shops and restaurants.

Another popular accommodation choice near Cave Spring is camping at Cedar Creek Campgrounds. They have campsites right on the creek and lots of activities. If you don’t have an RV or kayak, they have them available to rent. They also have a driving range for those that like to golf.

Located on the outskirts of town, Chubbtown is a community with a fascinating history. Once a self-supporting community of free blacks, it was established in 1864 by Henry Chubb and his seven brothers. Chubbtown covered an area of over 200 acres and had a church, cotton and grist mills, a general store, a blacksmith, and other businesses. They regularly conducted trade with Cave Spring and other surrounding communities. Unfortunately, after surviving the Civil War and Reconstruction era, a flood destroyed this community in 1916. In addition to the church and cemetery, there are a few surviving ruins.

Cave Spring is also the home of Georgia School for the Deaf. It is a great school that opened in 1946. Many of the historic buildings in Cave Spring have a shared history with Georgia School for the Deaf. The school is now located just a few minutes from the downtown area. The Georgia School for the Deaf alums have great pride in their school.

When visiting Cave Spring, there are a lot of recreational activities available such as biking and hiking on the Pinhote Trail or accessing nearby Silver Comet Trail, kayaking Cedar Creek, fishing, and zip-lining. There are also festivals and events happening there year-round, and there is always something going on for everyone in Cave Spring.

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