Forsyth County Georgia is located 30 miles north of Atlanta in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains next to Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River. The county is in the northern Atlanta metro area. The real etstate and housing values range all the way up to millions of dollars for luxury homes. Many new homes are around world class golf courses like Laurel Springs or 37,000 acre Lake Lanier extending twenty miles along the county's eastern border.