Travel and Hotel Information
Visitors are welcome! Please call ahead to schedule a visit. The BWFA Headquarters is a business office only located on Highway 136 just one mile from Villanow, Georgia, crossroads of 136 and Hwy. 201. If you have visited our facility in the past, please note that our location and address number changed. (as of June 2020) Please call in advance.
Attention: GPS or MapQuest directions are not always direct to our location or the best exits…..
14093 East Hwy. 136 – La Fayette, Georgia 30728 (new location as of June 2020)
easy access to Interstate I- 75
65 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia
35 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee
13 miles southwest of Dalton, Georgia
From Atlanta, Georgia, travel I-75 North to Exit #312, Hwy 153, Calhoun (best exit) (This is your last exit full of shopping, eating places, etc.)
At the exit ramp, begin counting traffic lights…turn left and go to the 10th light for 2 miles. At the light, Turn right only onto S. River Street. (go 35 mph speed limit !!)
This turns into Hwy. 136 West, for 18 MORE miles (for a total of 20)
You will go through the Chattahoochee National Forest and may lose phone service.
Chattanooga, at the Tennessee /GA line, travel I-75 South about 20 miles, (please… ignore all La Fayette exits)
Take Exit #345, Ringgold & Tunnel Hill, Hwy 41
Turn right; go thru Tunnel Hill approximately 8 miles where
You will approach a Traffic Light and a right turn only, Turn Right onto Hwy. 201.
You will see a sign to Villanow, 11 miles. When you get to Villanow, the General Store will be in front of you at the intersection and stop sign.
Turn left onto Hwy. 136 and drive 1 1/2 miles we will be on the left.
From Dalton, Georgia, exit 335 Rocky Face. About 13 miles (Over a rather curvy mountain).
Cross over I-75 and proceed up Dug Gap Mountain.
At the base of Dug Gap mountain, bear right onto Hurricane Road. Follow this road to the T junction.
At the T junction, turn left. Follow this road all the way out to the major State Highway. This road is Tibbs road and will turn into Joe Robeson road.
When you come to the State Highway 201, turn left. Follow Hwy 201 until you come to the intersection at Villanow. A gas station will be on the left.
Turn left onto HWY 136. We are one mile up on the left.
From Dalton, Georgia, exit 335 (going North) Rocky Face. (About 19 miles).
Turn left and go back under the interstate.
Go approximately 3 miles and turn left onto HWY 201.
Follow HWY 201 for 12 miles to Villanow. At the intersection in Villanow, you will see a gas station on the left.
Turn left onto HWY 136. We are one mile up on the left.
Please call the office 30 minutes prior to your arrival. Thank you. Phone: (706) 397-8047
