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Blue Ridge Lake
Blue Ridge Lake is a reservoir of some 3,300 acres on the Toccoa River, in Georgia. You will find it in Fannin County.
Coordinates34.8427, -84.2821
Surface area3,300 acres
Max depth246 ft
RiverToccoa River
Swimming beaches on Blue Ridge Lake
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Blue Ridge Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Blue Ridge Lake: access and conditions
Blue Ridge Lake sits at 34.8427, -84.2821. Outflow feeds the Toccoa River. Maximum depth is around 246 feet. The surface sits around 1,690 feet above sea level.
County parks and private resorts sometimes provide access that federal datasets never record. If you need a named beach, Ocoee River Area on Parksville Lake is some 23 miles from here. Blue Ridge Lake has no catalogued swimming beach in the sources we read, so plan around the managing agency's own facilities.
Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide. Most Georgia day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it.
If Blue Ridge Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Lake Nottely (Georgia, 13 mi), Apalachia Lake (North Carolina, 23 mi) and Hiwassee Lake (North Carolina, 23 mi). In all, 23 lakes in Georgia are covered here.
Blue Ridge Lake has no public water level gauge that we can read, so there is no level chart here. An invented number would be worse than none. Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none.
Questions about Blue Ridge Lake
Is there a beach at Blue Ridge Lake?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Blue Ridge Lake?
About 3,300 acres. Maximum depth is around 246 feet.
What other lakes are near Blue Ridge Lake?
The closest in this guide is Lake Nottely, about 13 miles away in Georgia.
Lakes near Blue Ridge Lake
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
Lake Nottely
Fed by the Nottely River, Lake Nottely holds roughly 4,180 acres of water in Georgia. It lies in Union County. TVA manages it.
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Chatuge Lake
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Lake Burton
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Lake Lanier
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Fontana Lake
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Lake Allatoona
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Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.