State Route 369 begins at its intersection with State Route 20 (Cumming

Cumming, Georgia

Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,430 at the 2010 census. However, places with a Cumming mailing address have a population of around 100,000...

 Highway) east of Canton

Canton, Georgia

Canton is a city in and the county seat of Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 22,958.-Geography:Canton is located at ....

 and travels to the east, through unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 and generally rural

Rural

Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...

 (though becoming somewhat exurban) areas of Cherokee

Cherokee County, Georgia

As of the census of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 335 people per square mile . There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 123 per square mile...

 and Forsyth

Forsyth County, Georgia

Forsyth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat is Cumming, Georgia. Forsyth County is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...

 counties. This includes Matt

Matt, Georgia

Matt is an unincorporated community in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States. It is located on Georgia State Route 369, which is named Matt Highway when it goes through the community....

, for which the road is named Matt Highway west of State Route 9 (Dahlonega Highway) at Coal Mountain

Coal Mountain, Georgia

Coal Mountain is an unincorporated community in Forsyth County, Georgia. The Coal Mountain area lies at the intersection of GA-369 and SR-9. It was once home to a post office that served the small community....

.

The intersection of Georgia 369 and State Route 400 is just north of the limited-access portion of 400. East of 400, 369 crosses the backwater

Backwater (river)

A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It refers either to a branch of a main river which lies alongside it and then rejoins it or to a body of water in a main river which is backed up by an obstruction such as the tide or a dam.-Alternative channel:If a river has...

s of Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier is a reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. The lake encompasses of water, and of shoreline at normal level, a "full...

 in Forsyth county twice, before crossing the main channel (originally the Chattahoochee River

Chattahoochee River

The Chattahoochee River flows through or along the borders of the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and emptying into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of...

) of the lake into Hall

Hall County, Georgia

Hall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2000, the population was 139,277. It is included in the Gainesville, Georgia, Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 county. This crossing is immediately upstream of the former location of Browns Bridge

Browns Bridge

The Browns Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Georgia carrying the Georgia State Route 369 across Lake Sidney Lanier between Gainesville and Cumming. It is just 35 miles northeast of Atlanta....

, a cantilever bridge

Cantilever bridge

A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using cantilevers, structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end. For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beams; however, large cantilever bridges designed to handle road or rail traffic use trusses built from...

 which apparently still exist after the 1946 flood. This section is named Browns Bridge Road.

It then becomes Jesse Jewell Parkway, a major thoroughfare

Arterial road

An arterial road, or arterial thoroughfare, is a high-capacity urban road. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector roads to freeways, and between urban centres at the highest level of service possible. As such, many arteries are limited-access roads, or feature...

 in Gainesville

Gainesville, Georgia

-Severe Weather:Gainesville sits on the very fringe of Tornado Alley, a region of the United States where severe weather is common. Supercell thunderstorms can sweep through any time between March and November, but are concentrated most in the spring...

, before it reaches its eastern terminus at Interstate 985

Interstate 985

Interstate 985 is a long auxiliary Interstate Highway in Georgia. It begins at Interstate 85 near Suwanee and continues northward to the north Georgia city of Gainesville...

.