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Why not stop by Gholston Lake if you're passing through these parts. You definitely should go for Gholston Lake. For you golfers we recommend nearby Sunrise Golf Club, and a brilliant location to camp here at Gholston Lake is Watson Mill Bridge State Park. Dry warm beds await you at Comfort Suites Athens. Through the warmest time of the year at Gholston Lake highs are typically in the 80's; during summer nights temperatures are in the 60's. For the period of
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| | the wintertime highs are typically in the 50's while the cold winter nights at Gholston Lake are in the 20's. Not far from Gholston Lake, you'll stumble on Payne Lake which is a pretty lake, and get your heart pumping on the good whitewater of Skull Shoal Creek. Gholston Lake is a wet spot that gets a good deal of rain; the month of March is the wettest with most of the rain while September is the month with the least amount of precipitation. Camping is available | |
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at Victoria Bryant State Park; after a long day outdoors Ramada Limited Royston is a magnificent site to spend a night or two. An interesting thing to go to close to Gholston Lake is Gholston Lake Dam, and whitewater paddling
is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Broad River. This lake is so wonderful. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always visit close by Stoehr Lake, and you'll in all probability meet some folks from Athens-Clarke County here.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 34.125 Longitude: -83.14167
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Broad River, Madison / Elbert / Oglethorpe CountyCounty, 3 miles away Class I-II - 5.5 miles long (US Route 281 to US Route 172) |
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Skull Shoal Creek, Madison CountyCounty, 4 miles away Class III - 0.56 miles long (Home Church Road to Broad River) |
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Big Clouds Creek, Oglethorpe CountyCounty, 8 miles away Class I-III - 2.9 miles long (GA 22 to Watson Mill Bridge St. P Highway) |
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