Emergency · Urgent care · Clinics
Healthcare in Ellijay
Ellijay's healthcare picture runs through Piedmont: a freestanding emergency room in town, a full hospital about 17 miles south in Jasper, and a growing set of clinics and primary-care rooms around Highland Crossing.
The honest note: the town ER handles the emergencies, and admissions transfer to the Jasper campus.
Emergency care
The ER in town, the hospital south
Piedmont Mountainside Emergency Room of Ellijay
1360 S Main St · Ellijay
A freestanding 24-hour emergency department right in Ellijay, with imaging and lab on site. Patients who need admission transfer to the Jasper hospital campus.
Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
1266 Hwy 515 South · Jasper
The full community hospital for the area, about 17 miles south on Highway 515, with the acute-care beds, maternity, and surgery that the Ellijay ER transfers to.
Urgent care and primary care
The care seats in and near town
Ellijay Urgent Care and Family Practice
97 Hefner St, Suite 202 · East Ellijay
The urgent care room on the East Ellijay side for the care that is not an emergency but should not wait.
Piedmont Physicians of Ellijay
174 Highland Crossing S · Ellijay
The Piedmont primary-care practice on the Highland Crossing frontage, the neighborhood clinic for the new-patient side of the picture.
The honest notes
What to know about the care map
Call before you drive: the freestanding ER and the urgent care rooms both post current hours, and the hospital campus runs its own calendar. For routine care, the Highland Crossing frontage on the east side holds the largest cluster of clinics in the county.
The dentist, pharmacy, and specialist picture is the usual mix of downtown and strip-center rooms; the business directory carries the verified list as it grows.
An editorial guide, not a listings site. Updated September 13, 2026. Real-estate guidance on this page is provided by Rob Dietrich, REALTOR® with eXp Realty, LLC.