Lake Allatoona

Lake Allatoona at a glance

Lake Allatoona sits at 34.1383, -84.6439. It reaches roughly 145 feet at its deepest. Water leaves through the Etowah River. Surface elevation is about 840 feet.

The shoreline of Lake Allatoona has 3 named swimming spots in the datasets we read. Among them are Upper Tanyard Creek Swimming Beach, PS Marina 3 - Allatoona Landing and Bartow Beach. These come from Recreation.gov (RIDB) and USGS GNIS. None is staffed by a lifeguard unless the managing agency posts one.

The closest lakes in this guide are Carters Lake (Georgia, 32 mi), Lake Lanier (Georgia, 40 mi) and Randy Poynter Lake (Georgia, 49 mi). Georgia has 23 lakes on this site in total.

If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency. Most Georgia day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown.

The level comes from gauge 02393500, ALLATOONA LAKE NEAR CARTERSVILLE, GA, and carries the time it was taken. The Corps of Engineers puts the top of the flood pool at 860.0 ft. The top of the dam sits at 870.0 ft. The last value stored here, 838.22 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Over the record shown on the level page the gauge has moved between 824.44 ft and 841.59 ft (low on 2026-01-01, high on 2026-07-27). When the pool drops, shoreline beaches grow and shallow ramps can run out of concrete.