
The public square in Dahlonega, seen from the Gold Museum
A row of two-storey shopfronts with awnings across an angle-parked lot, a brick plaza in front with two people walking past young trees, under a summer sky with small clouds.
Dahlonega – Dahlonega Gold Museum – Town Square View by Jared, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Cropped and resized.

Buildings on the public square in Dahlonega
A long two-storey building with a row of dormer windows and a full-length upper porch facing a curving street, parked cars and a brick-edged lawn with an American flag, wooded hills behind.
Dahlonega – Dahlonega Gold Museum – Town Square View (2) by Jared, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Cropped and resized.

The Dahlonega Gold Museum in the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse
A columned brick building front with an arched doorway and a balcony rail, windows hung with green wreaths and red bows, autumn trees on both sides and a lamp post at the curb.
Dahlonega Gold Museum at Lumpkin County Courthouse by Mike Finn, licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Cropped and resized.

The public square in Dahlonega from the top of the Gold Museum
A high view over a parking lot of cars to a row of low shopfronts under shade trees, a brick multi-storey building at the right and a green wooded hill under a blue sky.
Dahlonega, Georgia by BullDawg2021, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The north side of the public square in the Dahlonega Commercial Historic District
A busy brick sidewalk under a large shade tree, white vendor tents along the far side, a covered porch with an American flag and a pale-green two-storey storefront behind.
Public Square North, Dahlonega, GA by Gwringle, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The Lumpkin County Courthouse, recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936
A black-and-white view of a two-storey brick courthouse with a pedimented gable, two round attic windows, chimneys and a side portico, young trees on a bare dirt square.
Historic American Buildings Survey Harold Bush-Brown, Photographer Enlarged by L.D. Andrew June, 11, 1936 END VIEW – Lumpkin County Courthouse, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA HABS GA,94-DAHL,2-1 by Harold Bush-Brown, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS GA-181), in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The Old Hotel on the main square in Dahlonega, recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936
A black-and-white view of a long two-storey building with a row of dormers in its metal roof and porches on both floors, a 1930s car parked on a bare dirt square.
Historic American Buildings Survey Harold Bush-Brown, Photographer Enlarged by L.D. Andrew June, 11, 1936 FRONT VIEW – Old Hotel, Main Square, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, GA HABS GA,94-DAHL,1-1 by Harold Bush-Brown, Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS GA-180), in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Price Memorial Hall on the University of North Georgia Dahlonega campus
A gold-coloured steeple above a red-brick hall with a dark mansard roof, seen across a campus street and lawn, with a blue mountain on the horizon.
Price Memorial Hall Building by ZachJBeavers, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Long Mountain and Gooch Mountain from Findley Ridge in Dahlonega
Two broad blue-green mountains under a soft grey sky, beyond a wide band of fresh spring treetops and a few rooftops.
Long Mountain and Gooch Mountain viewed from Dahlonega, April 2017 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The Three Sisters mountains above a vineyard in Lumpkin County
Rows of grapevines on a green slope edged with trees, three rounded wooded peaks behind under a blue sky with light cloud.
Three Sisters, Lumpkin County, Georgia by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.


Dahlonega on the 1886 U.S. Geological Survey topographic sheet
A hand-drawn topographic map in brown contour lines and blue streams, with Dahlonega, Findley Ridge and a winding river among ridges.
Georgia, Dahlonega sheet by U.S. Geological Survey (Henry Gannett, chief geographer; topography by Chas. M. Yeates), in the public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Hawkins Street at North Park Street, in the Hawkins Street Historic District of Dahlonega
A quiet street crossing in late-day light: a white wooden church with a pointed steeple on the left, a grey stone building behind a stop sign on the right, big trees along the street.
Hawkins Street and North Park Street Crossing by Snarblox, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

A historic house in Dahlonega, photographed from the street (a private home, not a listing)
A large white two-storey house with a long columned wrap-around porch, black shutters, dormers and a brick chimney, half in tree shade behind a lawn and shrubs.
Seven Oaks, Col. William P. Price Home, Circa 1875, front by Gwringle, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

A historic farmhouse in Lumpkin County (a private home, not a listing)
A tall weathered board-sided farmhouse with a metal roof, a chimney at the far end and a small porch, seen from a garden of tall grass and shrubs under bare spring trees.
Daniel M. Davis House, photographer facing NE (2) by Gwringle, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Georgia State Route 60 in autumn, Lumpkin County
A two-lane road with a double yellow center line curving through dense forest in peak autumn colour, red, orange and gold leaves on both sides.
GA SR 60 in Lumpkin County, Oct 2016 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The view from the Chestatee Overlook off Highway 60, Lumpkin County
Spring-green treetops framing a wide view of blue mountain ridges and a pale rock face across a valley, under a bright cloudy sky.
Chestatee Overlook, April 2017 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Lake Zwerner in Lumpkin County
Calm grey-green lake water stretching to forested low hills under billowing white clouds, with a riprap stone shoreline and mowed grass in front.
Lake Zwerner, Lumpkin County, GA April 2017 by Thomson200, released into the public domain (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Pasture and autumn trees in Lumpkin County
A rolling green pasture behind a long white four-rail fence, a band of autumn trees in red, orange and green along the far rise, under a deep-blue sky.
R Ranch in the Mountains Georgia – panoramio by Chanilim714, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

The Vickery House, used as an Appalachian Studies Center, in Lumpkin County
A two-storey white clapboard house with dark-green shutters, brick chimneys and a deep wraparound porch behind a white picket fence, with a sign reading Vickery House, Appalachian Studies Center.
The Vickery House by Holly Bokash by HollyJoe28, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

A Dahlonega neighbourhood street below snow-dusted mountains
A quiet residential street in late winter, lawns and bare trees, with a long ridge of snow-dusted mountains under a pale blue sky behind.
Sky Country Dahlonega, GA – panoramio by Pete Seabolt, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Film
- Home page film: a slow cut of six real photographs of Dahlonega and Lumpkin County (the public square from the Gold Museum, the Lumpkin County Courthouse as the Historic American Buildings Survey recorded it in 1936, Long and Gooch mountains from Findley Ridge, the Gold Museum front, the Three Sisters above a vineyard and State Route 60 in autumn), with gentle zoom and dissolves. Nothing in it is generated, and no share-alike photo is in the cut; credits for each source are listed above.
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