Dean Lake

Dean 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 Dean 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 Dean Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.26069, -84.27195. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dean Lake

• Sawnee Mountain · viewpoint · Forsyth · ~13 km · Must-see
• Cumming Bandstand · attraction · Forsyth · ~17 km · Must-see
• Mount Oglethorpe · viewpoint · Pickens · ~32 km · Must-see
• Allatoona Falls · waterfall · Cherokee · ~34 km · Must-see
• Autrey Mill Park · sanctuary · Fulton · ~34 km · Must-see
• Sweat Mountain · viewpoint · Cobb · ~34 km · Must-see
• Smith Plantation · museum · Fulton · ~34 km · Must-see
• CRNRA - Rogers Bridge Unit · park · Fulton · ~35 km · Must-see
• Teaching Museum North · museum · Fulton · ~35 km · Must-see
• Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest · sanctuary · Fulton · ~35 km · Must-see
• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~37 km · Must-see
• George Pierce Park · park · Gwinnett · ~37 km · Must-see
• Noonday Creek Park · park · Cobb · ~41 km · Must-see
• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~41 km · Must-see
• Auraria · fort · Lumpkin · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~43 km · Must-see
• Amicalola Falls · waterfall · Dawson · ~43 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Dean Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Dean Lake

• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~37 km · Must-see
• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lake Acworth · lake · Cobb · ~55 km · Must-see
• Carters Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~65 km · Must-see
• Richland Creek Reservoir · lake · Paulding · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lake Winfield Scott · lake · Union · ~75 km · Must-see
• Davenport Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~79 km · Must-see
• Lake Blue Ridge · lake · Fannin · ~81 km · Must-see

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