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Orkin Lake is a very beautiful lake in beautiful surroundings. High temperatures at Orkin Lake all through the summer months are in the 80's. All through the dark hours of summer temperatures descend down into the 60's. Highs all through the wintertime are typically in the 40's, and nighttime lows during the winter for Orkin Lake tend to be in the 20's. This lake is so wonderful. Since you might be in a lake visiting mood you can always check out nearby Morgan
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| | Falls Reservoir; dry warm beds await you at Staybridge Suites Atlanta Perimeter Center-Mt Ve. This lake is so wonderful. Here at Orkin Lake there are plenty of people from Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta.
Paddling on Marsh Creek is so much fun; you can stay the night at White Water Learning Center. If you're here at Orkin Lake, you could visit March Creek, and there's some out of the ordinary stuff to spot at Orkin Lake Dam close to Orkin Lake. There's so | |
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much to do here at Orkin Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Marietta Campground is a magnificent location for that. Lakes are glorious; Bull Sluice Lake is a lake that's in the vicinity of Orkin Lake.
Orkin Lake mostly
gets much rainfall; most of the rain falls during March, and October is the month with the least moisture. Float down the rapids of Big Creek in a kayak, and if you need a location to stay Hyatt Place Atlanta Perimeter Center is a
wonderful choice. Be careful coming to Orkin Lake, you might not ever want to go home again. If you want to play some golf, you're in luck because Blue Heron Golf Club is in close proximity; don't miss out on a journey to Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area since you're here.
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Coordinates:
Latitude: 33.96333
Longitude: -84.38167
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Marsh Creek, Fulton CountyCounty, 1 miles away
Class III-IV - 1 miles long (Mill Spring Academy to Riverside Road) |
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Big Creek, Fulton CountyCounty, 4 miles away
Class I-III(V+) - 2 miles long (Grimes Bridge Road to Vickery Creek Park) |
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Sope Creek, Cobb CountyCounty, 5 miles away
Class III-IV(V) - 2.5 miles long (Lower Roswell Road to Chattahoochee River) |
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Big Creek
| No real put in spot because the water is only about 6 inches high. It's not deep enough to move. It's literally a stagnant cesspool now. Be afraid. 7-6-2008... |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
 | Please repair the annual pass box at the trail head.... |
Northridge Lake
 | Northridge Lake is a 30 acre spring fed lake surrounded by a residential community. Canoes, paddleboats, and small sailboats are allowed on the lake.... |
Sope Creek
| All dried up. Not much more than bathwater running through...no exaggeration. 7-6-2008... |
Elarbee Lake
| I think I live close to this lake, but I can't find it. Help me!... |
Chattahoochee River
| Class I-II at the most after a good rain. I've been going here over a year and barely enough to tube. 7-6-2008... |
Chattahoochee River
| Dried up. Rain water ditch. Don't bother. 7-6-2008... |
Simmons Lake
| 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... |
White Oak Lake
| 11 miles away
I've lived less than a couple of miles from this lake and I didn't even know it existed until today while looking at google maps of the area around my house. I wonder how many people know about it? I wonder if it's on private property.... |
Buena Vista Lake
| 14 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.... |
Arrowhead Campground
 | 16 miles away
Arrowhead Camp ground went out of business and is no longer in Austell, GA...Arrowhead Camp ground went out of business and is no longer in Austell, GA... |
Stone Mountain Park
| 19 miles away
2 PHOTOS
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.... |
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3 miles away
