Climate

With sweet, invigorating mountain air, both the summers and the winters at Bent Tree are relatively mild, although there is usually a good snow or two in the winter. Temperature averages about 7 degrees cooler than Atlanta.

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Location

Bent Tree is located on the first mountain range north of Atlanta, only one hour from Atlanta and easily accessed by two very scenic parkways, I-575 and Georgia 400. It's only a 45-minute drive to Marietta. The quiet unhurried town of Jasper is only 5 miles away and offers excellent restaurants, churches, parks, supermarkets, historical sites, hardware and gift shops.

 

Directions

From GA 400: Take GA 400 to the Dawsonville Exit. Turn Left on Hwy 53 through Dawsonville to the Pickens County line. Turn right on Steve Tate Hwy. Take the second left onto Cove Road. Go 6 miles. Turn right on Bent Tree Drive.

From I-575: Stay on I-575 and I-515 to Jasper. At GA Hwy 53 and I-515 turn right at the light. Turn left at the second light. Veer right on Cove Road. Go about 4 miles. Turn left on Bent Tree Drive.

Area Information

Schools - A bus picks up our children at the gate and transports them five miles to Jasper. Most of our children are delighted with the friendly school system, which offers in addition to a well-rounded curriculum, a small town sense of belonging and a feeling that everyone counts. Pickens County has a new high school and also has a modern new middle school.

Medical Care - In Jasper there is a good hospital, and another in Canton twenty miles beyond. It is only forty-five minutes to some of the finest medical care facilities in the South.