Goldmine Trails
A mowed grass path along the top of the pond dam at sunrise, with the pond on the right and woods on the left.

31.24 acres for sale · Cumming, Georgia

Room for the whole family, and then some.

31.24 private acres at 568 Franklin Goldmine Road, with a pond, open pasture, hardwood woods and mowed trails. Space for more than one home, and a place everyone comes back to.

The land

One property. Several places to build a life.

The land rolls from an open front pasture along the road, back through hardwoods and pines, to a pond that sits below a grass dam. The walk along the top of the dam at sunrise is the best stretch on the property.

Mowed trails loop through the back meadow, along the tree line, and down to the water. A gravel drive comes in off Franklin Goldmine Road. It has been kept up as a working piece of ground, not left to grow over.

Open pasture

Cut and cleared fields at the front and back of the property. Room for homesites, gardens, or animals.

The pond

A quiet pond with a grass dam you can walk across. Fishing, swimming, or just a chair at the water's edge.

Woods and trails

Hardwood and pine woods with mowed trails already cut through them. Shade in summer, privacy all year.

Details

Why it works as a family compound.

31.24 acres is enough land for several households to live close without living on top of each other.

  • Room for more than one homeOpen pasture at the front and back, plus wooded edges, leave several natural spots to set a house.
  • Privacy on every sideTree lines wrap the property, and one gravel drive is the only way in.
  • Water on the propertyThe pond and its grass dam are the natural gathering spot. Fish, swim, or sit with coffee at sunrise.
  • Already cared forTrails mowed and pasture cut. You can walk it the day you close.

Buyers should verify boundaries, zoning, and utilities with Cherokee County.

Where

568 Franklin Goldmine Road
Cumming, GA 30028Cherokee County, north of Atlanta. Look for the gravel drive off Franklin Goldmine Road.

The front pasture along the road, freshly mowed, with the gravel drive to the right.
The front pasture along Franklin Goldmine Road.

Nearby

Good schools, Hawks Ridge golf, and a bigger road on the way.

The property sits in the Free Home community of eastern Cherokee County, between Canton and Cumming. Drive times below are from Google Maps.

Schools

Cherokee County School District

  • Free Home Elementary · 8 minutes, about 4 miles. A brand-new campus that opened in August 2025, built for up to 850 students on 40 acres. Rated 7 out of 10 by GreatSchools.
  • Creekland Middle School · 15 minutes, about 8 miles. 1555 Owens Store Road, Canton. Rated 7 out of 10 by GreatSchools.
  • Creekview High School · 1550 Owens Store Road, right across from Creekland, so middle and high school are one stop. Ranked 63rd of Georgia's high schools by U.S. News for 2026, with state championships in softball and wrestling and a rocketry team that won nationals in 2018.

Feeder pattern: Free Home Elementary to Creekland Middle to Creekview High. Confirm current attendance zones with the Cherokee County School District.

Hawks Ridge Golf Club

9 minutes · about 4 miles

  • A private, invitation-only club in Ball Ground with 27 holes designed by Bob Cupp, who called it his finest work.
  • 550 acres of rolling Cherokee County land, open since 1999.

hawksridge.com

Highway 20 expansion

Six lanes from Canton to Cumming, and the closest stretch starts this summer.

The Georgia DOT is widening Highway 20, the Cumming Highway, from two lanes to six along the 20 miles between I-575 in Canton and Cumming. Each finished segment gets three lanes each way, a 20-foot raised median, turn lanes, and sidewalks.

The segment from East Cherokee Drive to Highway 369, the piece nearest this property, was awarded to C.W. Matthews for $25.5 million. Construction begins summer 2026 and is scheduled to finish by July 2029. The stretches from I-575 to Union Hill Road are already complete. When it is done, the run to I-575, Canton, and GA 400 gets faster and safer, and land along the corridor rarely gets cheaper.

Sources: Cherokee Tribune, April 2026 and GDOT SR 20 Improvements.

Corridor
I-575 to Cumming, 20 miles
Final width
6 lanes, raised median
Nearest segment
East Cherokee Dr to Hwy 369
Contract
$25.5 million
Starts
Summer 2026
Finishes
July 2029

Want to walk it?

Serious buyers and their agents are welcome to see the property by appointment. Call, text, or email and we will set a time.