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Every photograph on this guide is a real, credited photo of Flowery Branch, Georgia or Lake Lanier, used under its licence. The film on the home page is cut from these photographs with slow pans and dissolves; nothing in it is generated. Each credit links to the original.

Last checked October 17, 2026

  • Looking down a sunny brick-paved sidewalk past cream and pale-blue brick storefronts with arched windows, an American flag and a hanging sign reading "Simple Pleasures"; red metal chairs and painted canvases sit outside a shop on the right, cars and a motorcycle are angle-parked along the street, and across the street a low brick building carries a "CITY HALL" sign under a deep blue sky with bare winter trees.

    Looking down a sunny brick-paved sidewalk past cream and pale-blue brick storefronts with arched windows, an American flag and a hanging sign reading "Simple Pleasures"; red metal chairs and painted canvases sit outside a shop on the right, cars and a motorcycle are angle-parked along the street, and across the street a low brick building carries a "CITY HALL" sign under a deep blue sky with bare winter trees.

    Photograph File:Main Street, Flowery Branch GA.jpg by John Phelan, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2012-02-17. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A 1912 fire-insurance map sheet marked 'Dec. 1912 Flowery Branch Ga.' showing a grid of blocks bounded by Chestnut, Pine, Main, Martin, Mitchell, Church, Gainesville and W. Railroad Av.; a row of pink and blue commercial buildings lines a block near Main and W. Railroad Av., a pink building is labelled Chattahoochee Furniture Co., and yellow footprints of smaller buildings fill the other blocks.

    A 1912 fire-insurance map sheet marked 'Dec. 1912 Flowery Branch Ga.' showing a grid of blocks bounded by Chestnut, Pine, Main, Martin, Mitchell, Church, Gainesville and W. Railroad Av.; a row of pink and blue commercial buildings lines a block near Main and W. Railroad Av., a pink building is labelled Chattahoochee Furniture Co., and yellow footprints of smaller buildings fill the other blocks.

    Photograph File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Flowery Branch, Hall County, Georgia, 1912, Plate 0003.jpg by Sanborn Map Company (Commons lists the author as unknown), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1912. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A hand-coloured 1912 fire-insurance map sheet with a Sanborn Map Company seal reading 'Flowery Branch, Georgia, 1912' and an index at upper right; parallel rail lines run down the left side between streets labelled W. Railroad Av. and E. Railroad Av., crossed by Chestnut, Pine and Main, with a building marked as a passenger depot beside the tracks and small yellow building footprints on numbered blocks.

    A hand-coloured 1912 fire-insurance map sheet with a Sanborn Map Company seal reading 'Flowery Branch, Georgia, 1912' and an index at upper right; parallel rail lines run down the left side between streets labelled W. Railroad Av. and E. Railroad Av., crossed by Chestnut, Pine and Main, with a building marked as a passenger depot beside the tracks and small yellow building footprints on numbered blocks.

    Photograph File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Flowery Branch, Hall County, Georgia, 1912, Plate 0001.jpg by Sanborn Map Company (Commons lists the author as unknown), licensed under Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 1912. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A weathered wooden gabled barn with a dark open doorway and a louvered vent stands at the right edge of a pasture behind black board fencing and metal gates, beside a yellow chevron curve sign; a wooded ridge with early autumn colour runs along the horizon under a wide sky streaked with wispy cirrus cloud.

    A weathered wooden gabled barn with a dark open doorway and a louvered vent stands at the right edge of a pasture behind black board fencing and metal gates, beside a yellow chevron curve sign; a wooded ridge with early autumn colour runs along the horizon under a wide sky streaked with wispy cirrus cloud.

    Photograph just an old barn in Flowery Branch by Tom Woodward (bionicteaching), licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr. Taken 2014-10-28. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A green 'FLOWERY BRANCH CITY LIMIT' sign stands on the right shoulder of a four-lane divided interstate lined with tall pines and hardwoods; cars drive away toward an exit sign reading 'Spout Springs Rd / Flowery Branch', a 70 mph speed-limit sign stands on the shoulder, and billboards rise above the trees under a pale overcast sky.

    A green 'FLOWERY BRANCH CITY LIMIT' sign stands on the right shoulder of a four-lane divided interstate lined with tall pines and hardwoods; cars drive away toward an exit sign reading 'Spout Springs Rd / Flowery Branch', a 70 mph speed-limit sign stands on the shoulder, and billboards rise above the trees under a pale overcast sky.

    Photograph File:Georgia I985sb Flowery Branch city limit.jpg by Michael Rivera, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2020-06-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Cars, including a black SUV and a black sedan, travel a multi-lane interstate past a green exit sign reading 'EXIT 12 - Spout Springs Rd - Flowery Branch' with an arrow, next to a smaller sign reading 'RANKIN SMITH INTERCHANGE', set against a dense wall of green trees under a partly cloudy sky.

    Cars, including a black SUV and a black sedan, travel a multi-lane interstate past a green exit sign reading 'EXIT 12 – Spout Springs Rd – Flowery Branch' with an arrow, next to a smaller sign reading 'RANKIN SMITH INTERCHANGE', set against a dense wall of green trees under a partly cloudy sky.

    Photograph File:Georgia I985nb Exit 12.jpg by Michael Rivera, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2020-06-05. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A player in a red practice jersey carries a football across a wide, freshly striped grass practice field while coaches and players watch from the sidelines; behind them stand yellow goalposts, a low brick building with a green hip roof and a stand of tall leafy trees, with the edge of a large green-and-red building at far left.

    A player in a red practice jersey carries a football across a wide, freshly striped grass practice field while coaches and players watch from the sidelines; behind them stand yellow goalposts, a low brick building with a green hip roof and a stand of tall leafy trees, with the edge of a large green-and-red building at far left.

    Photograph File:Atlanta Falcons July 2016 training camp IMG 7555.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2016-07-30. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Through bare early-spring trees and pines on a leaf-covered slope, a wide blue arm of the lake opens toward wooded points with exposed red-clay shorelines under a blue sky with white cumulus clouds; a single boat leaves a white wake, and a guard-railed lakeside road crosses the foreground.

    Through bare early-spring trees and pines on a leaf-covered slope, a wide blue arm of the lake opens toward wooded points with exposed red-clay shorelines under a blue sky with white cumulus clouds; a single boat leaves a white wake, and a guard-railed lakeside road crosses the foreground.

    Photograph File:Lake Lanier, March 2017 1.jpg by Thomson200, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2017-03-26. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Seen from a hillside through pine and hardwood branches, a white motorboat carrying several people moves across pale blue-green water past a green metal boathouse roof below, toward a point of exposed red clay and rock along the far shoreline.

    Seen from a hillside through pine and hardwood branches, a white motorboat carrying several people moves across pale blue-green water past a green metal boathouse roof below, toward a point of exposed red clay and rock along the far shoreline.

    Photograph Boat on Lake Lanier by Jam Smooth (JamSmooth), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Taken 2009-05-02. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Beyond a wooden rail fence and a parking lot full of pickup trucks with boat trailers, a boat ramp slopes into a broad blue lake dotted with motorboats, a small sailboat and a low grassy islet with one tree, backed by a continuous wooded shoreline under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

    Beyond a wooden rail fence and a parking lot full of pickup trucks with boat trailers, a boat ramp slopes into a broad blue lake dotted with motorboats, a small sailboat and a low grassy islet with one tree, backed by a continuous wooded shoreline under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

    Photograph File:Lago lanier – panoramio.jpg by atomic ant, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2008-06-21. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A smooth, mirror-like lake reflects a soft pink and peach afterglow; a dark, low wooded shoreline crosses the middle of the frame, a darker wooded point rises at right, and small clumps of grass stand in the water.

    A smooth, mirror-like lake reflects a soft pink and peach afterglow; a dark, low wooded shoreline crosses the middle of the frame, a darker wooded point rises at right, and small clumps of grass stand in the water.

    Photograph Lake Lanier Sunset by Peter S (salanki), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Taken 2009-09-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A long exposure at dusk turns glassy lake water pink and violet beneath an orange-to-pink sky; dark wooded hills frame a cove on both sides, a few dead stems poke from the water, and smooth dark stones dot a sandy beach in the foreground.

    A long exposure at dusk turns glassy lake water pink and violet beneath an orange-to-pink sky; dark wooded hills frame a cove on both sides, a few dead stems poke from the water, and smooth dark stones dot a sandy beach in the foreground.

    Photograph Lake Lanier Sunset by Peter S (salanki), licensed under CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Taken 2009-09-07. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • A long night exposure across perfectly still water shows a wooded shoreline lit by warm orange lamps, low buildings, a lit tower and patches of blue and green light, all mirrored in the lake below a dark brown sky.

    A long night exposure across perfectly still water shows a wooded shoreline lit by warm orange lamps, low buildings, a lit tower and patches of blue and green light, all mirrored in the lake below a dark brown sky.

    Photograph File:Gainesville, GA, USA – panoramio (2).jpg by Pavel Kuritsyn, licensed under CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2013-12-28. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

  • Clear, rippled blue lake water with a sandy bottom showing in the foreground stretches to a long embankment faced with tan riprap boulders, topped by a road and lined with pines and bare hardwoods under a bright blue sky with thin wispy cloud; a bare twig frames the top left.

    Clear, rippled blue lake water with a sandy bottom showing in the foreground stretches to a long embankment faced with tan riprap boulders, topped by a road and lined with pines and bare hardwoods under a bright blue sky with thin wispy cloud; a bare twig frames the top left.

    Photograph File:Buford Dam.jpg by Clifflandis, licensed under CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Taken 2023-01-15. Changes: cropped, resized and converted to WebP for this site; nothing added or removed.

Film

  • Home page film: The film at the top of the home page is cut from 6 of the photographs and maps credited on this page (by Jam Smooth (JamSmooth), John Phelan, Peter S (salanki), Sanborn Map Company (Commons lists the author as unknown), Thomson200), with slow pans, zooms and dissolves. Nothing in it is generated. Share-alike photographs keep their licences.

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