Stephens Lake

Stephens 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 Stephens 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 Stephens Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.41176, -84.42993. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Stephens Lake

• Mount Oglethorpe · viewpoint · Pickens · ~15 km · Must-see
• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Bear Mountain · viewpoint · Cherokee · ~29 km · Must-see
• Amicalola Falls · waterfall · Dawson · ~30 km · Must-see
• Talona Mountain · viewpoint · Gilmer · ~31 km · Must-see
• Pine Log Wildlife Management Area · viewpoint · Bartow · ~32 km · Must-see
• Calico Valley · viewpoint · Bartow · ~36 km · Must-see
• Carters Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~38 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Gilmer · ~38 km · Must-see
• Allatoona Falls · waterfall · Cherokee · ~39 km · Must-see
• Sawnee Mountain · viewpoint · Forsyth · ~39 km · Must-see
• Springer Mountain · viewpoint · Fannin · ~40 km · Must-see
• Turniptown Mountain · viewpoint · Gilmer · ~41 km · Must-see
• Cumming Bandstand · attraction · Forsyth · ~44 km · Must-see
• Penitentiary Cove · viewpoint · Lumpkin · ~45 km · Must-see
• George Washington Carver State Park · park · Bartow · ~46 km · Must-see
• Rich Mountain · viewpoint · Gilmer · ~47 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Stephens Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Stephens Lake

• Sequoyah Lake Dam · lake · Pickens · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~25 km · Must-see
• Carters Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~38 km · Must-see
• Davenport Lake · lake · Gilmer · ~54 km · Must-see
• Lake Acworth · lake · Cobb · ~57 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Lanier · lake · Hall · ~62 km · Must-see
• Lake Blue Ridge · lake · Fannin · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Conasauga · lake · East Tennessee · ~67 km · Must-see
• Richland Creek Reservoir · lake · Paulding · ~67 km · Must-see

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