Head Lake

Head 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 Head 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 Head Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.40355, -84.05910. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Head Lake

• Auraria · fort · Lumpkin · ~11 km · Must-see
• Dahlonega Historic Gold Meusem · museum · Lumpkin · ~20 km · Must-see
• Consolidated Gold Mine · attraction · Lumpkin · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sawnee Mountain · viewpoint · Forsyth · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mincle Mountain · viewpoint · Lumpkin · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cumming Bandstand · attraction · Forsyth · ~29 km · Must-see
• Three Sisters Mountain · viewpoint · Lumpkin · ~30 km · Must-see
• Amicalola Falls · waterfall · Dawson · ~31 km · Must-see
• Wauka Mountain · viewpoint · White · ~32 km · Must-see
• Penitentiary Cove · viewpoint · Lumpkin · ~33 km · Must-see
• Mount Oglethorpe · viewpoint · Pickens · ~33 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Gilmer · ~34 km · Must-see
• Springer Mountain · viewpoint · Fannin · ~35 km · Must-see
• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~41 km · Must-see
• Skitt Mountain · viewpoint · White · ~41 km · Must-see
• Big John Dick Mountain · viewpoint · Fannin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Blood Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Lumpkin · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Head Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Head Lake

• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~41 km · Must-see
• Lake Winfield Scott · lake · Union · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Blue Ridge · lake · Fannin · ~65 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~71 km · Must-see
• Carters Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~73 km · Must-see
• Lake Nottely · lake · East Tennessee · ~73 km · Must-see
• Davenport Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~76 km · Must-see
• Lake Burton Dam · lake · Rabun · ~80 km · Must-see

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