State Route 5 (SR 5) is a state highway that runs south–north through portions of Carroll, Douglas, Cobb, Cherokee, Pickens, Gilmer, and Fannin counties in western and northern Georgia. The route runs from its southern terminus at SR 48 at the Georgia-Alabama state line, north of Ephesus, to its northern terminus at SR 60 and SR 68 at the Tennessee state line near McCaysville, bisecting the northwestern portion of Georgia.