Hughes Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Gilmer County, Georgia     User input for Hughes Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Gilmer County, Georgia: Be the first to submit input for Hughes Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines        Hughes Lake is always a pleasure to visit. Going for a hike on the Tearbritches Trail is always a great adventure, and Young Lake Dam is an interesting thing to check out. Don't stop me now, cause I'm havin' a brilliant time here at Hughes Lake. A great close by hotel is Comfort Inn & Suites, and you can go for a hike on the Benton McKaye Trail. All the water falling down from the sky makes Hughes Lake a wet location; of all the months in a year March is the       one with the most rain while October is usually the driest month. This lake is so wonderful. Lakes? Sure, Carrol Lake is close by, and Blue Ridge Campground is a pleasant campground here. This lake is so wonderful. In the event that you don't mind getting soaked, you can always go whitewater paddling on Cartecay River. Don't leave Hughes Lake without first going for a hike along the South Fork Trail, and Bushy Head Gap is another brilliant spot to visit                  nearby. Yeah, come up here to the Great Smoky Mountains for a tremendous time. Blue Ridge - Days Inn is a good spot to get some rest, and camping at Hughes Lake is great fun, Lake Blue Ridge Campground is a great local campground. Be careful coming to the Great Smoky Mountains, you might not ever want to go home again. The sight of Bushy Head Mountain from Hughes Lake is delightful, and Cartecay River is a pleasant whitewater spot close by. The Great Smoky Mountains scenery is always beautiful. For the period of the warm days of summer, highs regularly are in the 80's at Hughes Lake, and during the night it cools down to the 60's. Highs through the winter are usually in the 40's with winter lows in the 20's overnight here at Hughes Lake.   Comfort Inn & Suites, Blue Ridge 5 miles away Mild climate mountain beauty and friendly folks blend to create a life-style to entice you into staying at the newest and largest hotel in Fannin County and Blue Ridge GA. The Cohutta Wilderness has m... Blue Ridge - Days Inn, Blue Ridge 6 miles away The Days Inn Blue Ridge offers you the best of the North Georgia Mountain. We are the perfect location for a weekend getaway. There are festivals year round, river tubing and boating as well as the ... Current weather conditions at Hughes Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Gilmer County, Georgia Local climate location: COPPERHILL 13 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 34.85556 Longitude: -84.39111 Great Smoky Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Great Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Great Smoky Mountains. 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Georgia Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Georgia.     These outdoors activities are available near Hughes Lake.   Hotels Near Hughes Lake: Comfort Inn & Suites, Blue Ridge, 5 miles away Blue Ridge - Days Inn, Blue Ridge, 6 miles away Best Western Mountain View Inn, East Ellijay, 12 miles away Microtel Inn and Suites Jasper, Jasper, 22 miles away Super 8 Motels - Jasper, Jasper, 23 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Hughes Lake: Lake Blue Ridge Campground, Blue Ridge, 4 miles away Blue Ridge Campground, Fannin County, 7 miles away Lakewood Landing Campground, Fannin County, 9 miles away Toccoa Valley Campgrounds, Blue Ridge, 10 miles away   Whitewater Near Hughes Lake: Cartecay River, Gilmer CountyCounty, 11 miles away       Class I-II - 8 miles long (GA Route 52 to Lower Cartecay Road) Cartecay River, Gilmer CountyCounty, 12 miles away       Class II(III) - 2 miles long (Stegall Mill Road to DNR) Cartecay River, Gilmer CountyCounty, 13 miles away       Class I-II+(III) - 2.1 miles long (Lower Cartecay Road to Stegall Mill Road Road)   National Parks Near Hughes Lake: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Atlanta - GA, 50 miles away Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, Atlanta - GA, 63 miles away Obed Wild & Scenic River, Wartburg - TN, 70 miles away   Trails Near Hughes Lake: Tearbritches Trail, Fannin County, 8 miles away Benton McKaye Trail, Fannin County, 9 miles away South Fork Trail, Fannin County, 9 miles away   Lakes Near Hughes Lake: Carrol Lake, Fannin CountyCounty, 1 miles away