Dixie Highway Yard Sale

The 90 mile Dixie Highway Yard Sale is an annual event that spans ninety miles from Ringgold on through Acworth. This yard sale is also a historic driving tour along the Dixie Highway. In fact, one of the frequently purchased items is a souvenir version of the Dixie Highway road sign.

Established in 2006, the yard sale takes place starting on the first Friday of the first full weekend in June and begins at 8 am each day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. There are plenty of great restaurants along the route, and look for signs to direct you to the yard sales.

Date and Time:
The yard sale starts on the first Friday of the first full weekend in June and continues through Saturday, and Sunday.  Hours may vary but most sales venues are open from 8 am to dusk.  For 2025, the first full weekend in June is June 6-8, 2025.

Address:
Locations along the Dixie Highway from Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face, Dalton, Resaca, Calhoun, Adairsville, Cassville, Cartersville, Emerson, and Acworth, with a few vendors in Kennesaw and Marietta.

Please note: this event takes place on the two lane Dixie Highway, also known as “Old 41” and not the newer four lane Highway 41.

Directions Heading North:

From Acworth, stay on Old Hwy 41 until it dead ends into Emerson-Allatoona Rd; go left and the road becomes GA 293; continue on through Emerson to downtown Cartersville.

From the railroad crossing in Cartersville, continue 6 mi. on GA 293; After passing under a highway underpass, turn right onto Conn. 293; Cross U.S. 41 & see Cassville Atlanta Campaign Pocket Park on left.

Go 3 mi. through vintage Cassville. Turn right (north) onto U.S. 41 when road ends. See original segments of the Dixie
Highway roadbed parallel to U.S. 41; Go 3 mi & turn right onto “Old Hwy 41”.

Continue on “Old Hwy 41: for 8 mi, through Adairsville to GA 140. Note: ”Old Hwy 41” becomes Main Street in Adairsville; At intersection of GA 140, turn right; Turn left (north) at first red light onto U.S. 41.

Go north on U.S. 41 for 7 mi. into Calhoun. Again see original Dixie Highway to your left and two circa 1974 “T-Beam” bridges between Adairsville and Calhoun.

From Calhoun, stay on U.S. 41 North for 30 miles into Dalton; Cross S. Dalton bypass onto S. Dixie Hwy. Continue north into Dalton where the road name changes to Thornton AV; (You will leave U.S. 41 at this point and pick it up again north of downtown Dalton).

Stay on Thornton Ave. north into downtown Dalton, cross Walnut Ave. (major intersection).

Stay on Thornton Ave. 2 mi. past downtown Dalton to N. Dalton Bypass (U.S. 41); Turn left onto N. Dalton Bypass (U.S. 41 N.) and go 4 mi,, to Tunnel Hill.

Stay on U.S. 41 N. for 20 mi. into Ringgold. From Ringgold, you may re-enter I-75 or continue north on U.S> 41 into Chattanooga, TN.

Directions Heading South:

From Chattanooga, TN, travel south on U.S. 41 into Ringgold.

Stay on U.S. 41 South for 20 miles to Tunnel Hill. Turn right onto N. Dalton Bypass (U.S. 41 S.) and go 4 miles into Dalton.

Stay on Thornton Ave. for 2 miles, crossing Walnut Ave., and continue into downtown Dalton. Follow Thornton Ave. south, where the road name changes to S. Dixie Hwy. Cross S. Dalton Bypass and continue south on U.S. 41. Stay on U.S. 41 South for 30 miles into Calhoun.

From Calhoun, continue south on U.S. 41 for 7 miles into Adairsville. Look for the two circa 1974 “T-Beam” bridges and original Dixie Highway segments to your right. Turn right at the first red light onto GA 140 in Adairsville. At the intersection of GA 140 and Main Street (Old Hwy 41), turn left. Follow “Old Hwy 41” for 8 miles south through Adairsville.

Turn left onto U.S. 41 and go 3 miles, following the original segments of the Dixie Highway roadbed parallel to U.S. 41. Turn left onto Cassville Road (GA 293 Conn.). Go 3 miles through vintage Cassville.

At the intersection with U.S. 41, cross over and continue on Conn. 293. Pass under a highway underpass and turn left onto GA 293. Stay on GA 293 for 6 miles into Cartersville, reaching the railroad crossing.

Continue south through Emerson. GA 293 turns into Emerson-Allatoona Rd.; stay on this road. When Emerson-Allatoona Rd. dead ends, turn right onto Old Hwy 41. Follow Old Hwy 41 south to Acworth.