The Clarkesville Campus of North Georgia Technical College is located in a mountain setting off Georgia Highway 197 one and one-half miles north of Clarkesville, the county seat of Habersham County. It is situated on 330 acres with the campus covering approximately 35 acres. It is 30 miles northeast of Gainesville, 50 miles north of Athens, and 90 miles northeast of Atlanta off Interstates 85/985 and 365.

As part of former Governor Zell Miller’s pledge to bring a postsecondary institution within 40 miles of every Georgian, the 1995 legislative session appropriated 5.5 million dollars to build a state- of-the-art facility to be located on 25 acres along the Zell Miller Parkway just outside the town of Blairsville. Union County graciously donated the land on which the Blairsville Campus is located. The 45,000+ square foot facility was built on a knoll with a dramatic view of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Technology pervades every aspect of the Blairsville Campus’s programs and services, which were planned to meet the needs of the community and surrounding area. Classes began September 30, 1998, for the Blairsville Campus of North Georgia Technical College.

Classes began at the satellite campus in Stephens County (Currahee Campus) in July 2005.