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Do stop by Norris Lake while you're in this part of Georgia. Norris Lake gets much water; through March this area sees the most rain; October on the other hand is the driest. Through the long summer days, highs generally are in the 80's at Norris Lake. Once the sun is down it sinks down to the 60's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 40's with temperatures at Norris Lake dipping down into the 20's throughout winter nights. This lake is so
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| | wonderful. Do take a look at Lower Lake Capri close to Norris Lake, it's a wonderful lake.
This lake is so wonderful. Interesting geology is available here; Horseshoe Bend is in the vicinity of Norris Lake, and you'll come across a stunning lake called Cement Lake. Whohoo, so many fun things in one place! Norris Lake is great! Dry warm beds await you at Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Conyers, GA, and there's whitewater on Yellow River for all you thrill | |
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seekers. There's some flowing water close by, Centerville Creek is a stream you can visit while you're here. There's so much to do here at Norris Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Campwest Minster is a perfect site for
that.
Norris Lake Dam is picturesque and it's close to Norris Lake, and the summit of Rock Chapel Mountain can be distinguished from Norris Lake. Norris Lake is fine enough to spend more than a day at, Stone Mountain Park is a
fine local campground, and if you need a place to stay Jameson Inn Conyers is a brilliant choice. All our national parks are good places to stop at, and Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is no exception, and a golf course close by is Mystery Valley Golf Club.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.76056
Longitude: -84.0475
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| These outdoors activities are available near Norris Lake. |
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Yellow River, Gwinnett/Dekalb CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Class I-III - 4 miles long (Annistown Bridge to Highway 124) |
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Yellow River, Gwinnett CountyCounty, 6 miles away
Class II-III - 10 miles long (Arnold Road to Annistown Bridge) |
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Yellow River, -blank- CountyCounty, 11 miles away
Class II(III) - 37 miles long (Highway 124 to Lake Jackson) |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Hurst Lake
 | Built in the late 40's, it was the property of Martin F Hurst and his wife Mary (Fink) Hurst. The owner moved in the early sixties.... |
Stone Mountain Park
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Experience Georgia's #1 campground, located in the heart of state's most popular attraction.
We have 441 wooded campsites-147 with full hook-ups; 247 partial
hook-ups with water and electricity (for tents, pop-ups and motor home camping); plus 47 primitive tent sites.... |
Yellow River
| 11 miles away
Putting in at Killian Hill Rd , the best white water is just down river from HWY 78 to the Yellow River Park. Beyond the park is unknown territory....Yellow river at Poterdale can get pretty tough after a good rain. Bring your A game!...water from 124 to porterdale is about 3 feet average in the summertime. lots of fun. easy river. clean too. lots of fallen trees in the water, great wildlife, snakes, turtles and fish. the dam in porterdale is easily passed adn the rapids following are verry shallow. email at coadydraven@yahoo.com with questions.... |
Simmons Lake
| 16 miles away
Just thought you should know this, but Simmons Lake essentially doesn't exist anymore. I'm an Atlanta native who grew up in DeKalb County and attended Lakeside High School; back when I was a teenager I saw work done on the neighboring Echo Lake, which is surrounded by nice middle-class homes. From what I can tell, the lake was dredged, I guess in order to save it, and Simmons Lake (across Briarcliff Road) was essentially sacrificed for its sake, taking the excess silt from Echo Lake. There's still a small pond there, quite shallow, in the areas closet to Briarcliff Road and Echo Lake, but nothing like what I once knew; over the years even the trees and undergrowth have reclaimed most of the area the lake had once covered when I was a boy... |
South River
| 17 miles away
Is South River a public river all the way to Jackson Lake?...I was just surfing sites browsing facts about the south river and came across this site regarding canoeing the river and noticed you have a put in get out marker. So is it illegal to put in wherever you want along the river if you have somewhere avail? My email address is travo7919@yahoo.com ALSO do you have to have a small boat are a canoe registered to float the river?... |
Buena Vista Lake
| 17 miles away
Buena Vista Lake is just a tiny pond in a city park. There is no reason for tourists to visit unless you happen to be staying in the neighborhood and want to take a walk.... |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
 | 23 miles away
Please repair the annual pass box at the trail head.... |
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4 miles away
