Basil Lake

Basil 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 Basil 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 Basil Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 33.31514, -83.20988. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Basil Lake

• Lake Oconee · lake · McCormick · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · Putnam · ~12 km · Must-see
• 155 mm gun M1 · attraction · Putnam · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · McCormick · ~24 km · Must-see
• Rock Eagle Effigy Mound · fort · Putnam · ~25 km · Must-see
• Lake Oconee · lake · Greene · ~27 km · Must-see
• Bartram Educational Forest · sanctuary · McCormick · ~41 km · Must-see
• Iron Horse · attraction · Greene · ~58 km · Must-see
• protected area of Georgia · sanctuary · Jones · ~60 km · Must-see
• War Hill · viewpoint · McCormick · ~65 km · Must-see
• City Cemetery · sanctuary · Aiken · ~65 km · Must-see
• Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Jones · ~68 km · Must-see
• Hard Labor Reservoir Dam · lake · Walton · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lloyd Shoals - Emergency Spillway Dam · lake · Butts · ~74 km · Must-see
• Oconee Springs Park · park · Putnam · ~4 km
• Rock Hawk Effigy · fort · Putnam · ~6 km
• Jumping Rock · viewpoint · Greene · ~10 km
• Punk Rock Shelter · fort · McCormick · ~11 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Basil Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Basil Lake

• Lake Oconee · lake · McCormick · ~8 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · Putnam · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Sinclair · lake · McCormick · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Oconee · lake · Greene · ~27 km · Must-see
• Hard Labor Reservoir Dam · lake · Walton · ~71 km · Must-see
• Lloyd Shoals - Emergency Spillway Dam · lake · Butts · ~74 km · Must-see
• Lake Bulow Campbell · lake · Newton · ~79 km · Must-see
• Edwards Lake Dam · lake · Bibb · ~81 km · Must-see
• Chief Mcintosh Lake Dam · lake · Butts · ~84 km · Must-see
• Tobesofkee Creek · lake · Bibb · ~95 km · Must-see

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