Atlanta, GA · population 520,070

Lakes and swimming beaches near Atlanta

Atlanta sits within reach of 2 lakes in this guide and 3 mapped swimming spots. The closest is Lake Allatoona, about 29 miles out. Every page carries the water level where an agency publishes one, the current weather and the access points.

Water near Atlanta

Lakes and swimming spots within reach.

Closest lakes to Atlanta

Ordered by distance from the city center.

Lake Allatoona

Georgia · Cherokee County

Lake Allatoona

Lake Allatoona is a reservoir of some 12,010 acres on the Etowah River, in Georgia. You will find it in Cherokee County.…

Reservoir3 beaches
Lake Lanier

Georgia · Hall, Forsyth, Dawson, Gwinnett and Lumpkin counties

Lake Lanier

Lake Lanier covers about 38,000 acres north of Atlanta, created when Buford Dam closed the Chattahoochee River in 1956. The lake…

Reservoir

Swimming spots near Atlanta

Lake Allatoona

Bartow Beach

Bartow County; 5.1 mi from the lake center.

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