Depending on the traffic, most of the time it would take you between 2 and 2 ½ hours to get there.ĭuring the highest traffic times on Friday afternoons however, Google maps estimates that it would take you 3 hours and 15 minutes to make the drive up Interstate 575, which turns into several state highways 515 and 76 (the Appalachian Highway), as you meander to Mineral Bluff, Georgia where you’ll make sure you take a right on Highway 60.Īfter you pass through Murphy, North Carolina, (my wife and I found Rib Country BBQ just south of town to be a wonderful stop), the casino is just five miles up the road, on your right, atop a hill. Opened in the fall of 2015, the casino is 122 miles away from the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, (or 197 kilometers). Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River is the closest casino to Atlanta Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino The closest casino to Atlanta (including cruises), is Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino in tiny Murphy, North Carolina. But for now, that’s still just talk, and therefore Atlantans who want to satisfy their gambling itch have to either go on a casino cruise, or drive out of state. There is yearly talk around the Georgia State Legislature about introducing a voter referendum allowing a limited number of casinos. Although there are some that are close and within fairly easy driving range, there are not, currently, any casinos in Atlanta, nor any other part of Georgia.
