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The National Park Service is planning to waive entrance fees at national parks on 17 days in 2012, officials announced today.

Taken Oct. 16 in Dahlonega, Ga.

Gilmer County, located about 80 miles north of Atlanta, is known as the “Apple Capital of Georgia.”

During the first of the 19th century, the city of Dawsonville grew as settlers and gold miners moved into the area in the wake of a gold rush in North Georgia. But Dawsonville earned its more storied, infamous reputation during Prohibition when the area became a focal point for moonshine production.