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Do stop by Barney Lake while you're in this part of Georgia. This lake is so wonderful. If you need a spot to stay Atlanta-Days Inn Douglasville/Fairburn Road is a tremendous choice. There's so much to do here at Barney Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Arrowhead Campground is a brilliant spot for that. Crooked Creek is a stream that you may run into while here, and you don’t have to go far from Barney Lake to spot the water at Monroe Lake Dam.
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| | Barney Lake is not the only spot close by, Sweetwater Lake is a close by lake, and if you don't mind getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Sweetwater Creek. A great location for whitewater paddling near Barney Lake is Annewakee River, and enjoy a round of golf at Greystone Golf Course. The warmest time of the year brings highs in the 80's to Barney Lake while night lows are regularly in the 60's. Highs throughout the winter are generally | |
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in the 40's, and nighttime lows all through the wintertime for Barney Lake tend to be in the 20's.
Yep, outdoors fun stuff to do are truly plentiful here at Barney Lake. Quality Inn Douglasville is a delightful place to get some
rest, and if you get bored of Barney Lake you could also pop by nearby Leatherwood Lake. This lake is so wonderful. You'll need more than a day to explore everything Barney Lake has to offer, you can camp at Sweetwater Creek State
Park, and if you haven’t been to Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, you have to schedule some time for it if you're here. A great deal of rainfall falls at Barney Lake; March is the wettest month with most rain while October is frequently the driest month.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.70306
Longitude: -84.68083
Georgia Lakes
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Outdoors Recreation Near Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia
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Annewakee River, Douglas CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Class II-III+(IV) - 3.5 miles long (Anneewakee Road to GA Route 166) |
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Sweetwater Creek, Douglas CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class III-IV(V) - 4 miles long (Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River) |
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Tanyard Branch, Douglas CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class III-IV - 0.33 miles long (above Dorsett Shoals Road) |
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