Brown's Guide to Georgia

The Cohutta Wilderness is a 34,102–acre area lying in Georgia and Tennessee within the Cohutta Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge mountain chain. Elevations range from 950 feet in the Alaculsy Valley to 4,200 feet on Big Frog Mountain. The headwaters of the Jacks River and the Conasauga River rise in the Cohuttas and provide the habitat for three species of trout as well as the Coosa Bass, which is found only in upland streams free of pollution. The Georgia Botanical Society has identified over 40 varieties of rare and uncommon plants in the Georgia portion of the wilderness, and black bear, wild boar and other wildlife roam its remote interior.

The word “Cohutta” itself is either from the Cherokee word “cohutta,” meaning “frog” or the Cherokee word “gahuta yi,” meaning “a shed supported by poles.” “Conasauga” is derived from “kahnasagah,” meaning “grass.”