Picketts Dam

Picketts Dam: 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 Picketts Dam

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 Picketts Dam — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.04849, -84.74598. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Picketts Dam

• Lake Acworth · lake · Cobb · ~8 km · Must-see
• Richland Creek Reservoir · lake · Paulding · ~12 km · Must-see
• Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Museum · museum · Bartow · ~13 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Cobb · ~14 km · Must-see
• Battle of Gilgal Church · fort · Cobb · ~14 km · Must-see
• Red Top Mountain State Park · park · Bartow · ~15 km · Must-see
• George Washington Carver State Park · park · Bartow · ~16 km · Must-see
• Pine Mountain · viewpoint · Bartow · ~18 km · Must-see
• Little Kennesaw Mountain · viewpoint · Cobb · ~21 km · Must-see
• Kennesaw Mountain · viewpoint · Cobb · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cheatham Hill · viewpoint · Cobb · ~23 km · Must-see
• Noonday Creek Park · park · Cobb · ~24 km · Must-see
• Euharlee Covered Bridge · museum · Bartow · ~25 km · Must-see
• Marietta · church · Cobb · ~26 km · Must-see
• Allatoona Falls · waterfall · Cherokee · ~28 km · Must-see
• Coots Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Taylors Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~31 km · Must-see
• Sweat Mountain · viewpoint · Cobb · ~34 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Picketts Dam

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Picketts Dam

• Lake Acworth · lake · Cobb · ~8 km · Must-see
• Richland Creek Reservoir · lake · Paulding · ~12 km · Must-see
• Coots Lake · lake · Cleburne · ~31 km · Must-see
• Taylors Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~31 km · Must-see
• Lake Dorene · lake · Cleburne · ~38 km · Must-see
• Lake Arrowhead Dam · lake · Cherokee · ~38 km · Must-see
• Bull Sluice Lake · lake · Cobb · ~43 km · Must-see
• DeSoto Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~56 km · Must-see
• Springdale Lake · lake · Cherokee · ~59 km · Must-see
• Lake Conasauga · lake · Cherokee · ~66 km · Must-see

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