Town of Tiger - Rabun County

A county slogan, "Where Spring Spends the Summer," is fitting, as the average temperature is 48.9 degrees in January and 79.8 degrees in August. Annual rainfall exceeds 70 inches and accounts for the lush forests and wild mountain flowers, including rare orchids. Laurel blooms along creek banks, in coves, on cliffs and on hilltops in late May and June. Rhododendron blooms in July. In October the mountains take on a profusion of colors as the leaves begin to fall and signal winter will not be long in coming.