Coles Lake

Coles Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Coles Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Coles Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 33.93456, -83.48551. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Coles Lake

• Athens Confederate Monument · fort · Clarke · ~10 km · Must-see
• Memorial Park · park · Clarke · ~11 km · Must-see
• Seney-Stovall Chapel · church · Clarke · ~11 km · Must-see
• Taylor-Grady House · fort · Clarke · ~12 km · Must-see
• Tree That Owns Itself · attraction · Clarke · ~12 km · Must-see
• The State Botanical Garden of Georgia · sanctuary · Clarke · ~13 km · Must-see
• Herty Field · park · Clarke · ~13 km · Must-see
• University of Georgia Campus Arboretum · park · Clarke · ~13 km · Must-see
• Georgia Museum of Art · museum · Clarke · ~13 km · Must-see
• Saint Mary's Church Steeple · church · Clarke · ~14 km · Must-see
• Fort Yargo State Park · fort · Barrow · ~29 km · Must-see
• Rockwell Universalist Church · church · Barrow · ~30 km · Must-see
• MONROE Water Tower Sign Replica · church · Walton · ~33 km · Must-see
• Iron Horse · attraction · Greene · ~36 km · Must-see
• Hard Labor Reservoir Dam · lake · Walton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Hurricane Shoals County Park · sanctuary · Jackson · ~39 km · Must-see
• Alcovy Mountain · viewpoint · Walton · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elisha Winn House · fort · Gwinnett · ~50 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Coles Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Coles Lake

• Hard Labor Reservoir Dam · lake · Walton · ~39 km · Must-see
• Lake Oconee · lake · Greene · ~66 km · Must-see
• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~69 km · Must-see
• Lake Bulow Campbell · lake · Newton · ~79 km · Must-see
• Lake Oconee · lake · McCormick · ~90 km · Must-see
• Lloyd Shoals - Emergency Spillway Dam · lake · Butts · ~95 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · Putnam · ~99 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Hartwell · lake · Oconee · ~104 km · Must-see
• Lake Yonah · lake · Stephens · ~105 km · Must-see

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