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Sawnee Campground is a glorious local campground, and if you come at the right time of year, Amicalola Creek offers some wonderful whitewater. At Sawnee Lake you always meet someone from Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta; some nearby water includes Bentley Creek. Just can't get enough of Sawnee Lake. After a long day outdoors Hilton Garden Inn Atlanta North/Alpharetta is a tremendous site to spend a night or two, and soar down the rapids of Settingdown Creek in
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| | a kayak. This lake is so wonderful. Sawnee Lake Dam is a lovely place close to Sawnee Lake, and visiting Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is just something you need to do if you haven't yet. A large amount of rainfall falls at Sawnee Lake; March is the month that gets the most rain, and October on the other hand is the driest. There are other places here than Sawnee Lake, for example Cumming Twin Lakes; you can have a great hiking adventure along | |
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the Brookshire Creek Trail. This lake is so wonderful. If you're here at Sawnee Lake and you like golf, you can explore Crooked Creek Golf Club, and why not camp at Twin Lakes Park if you're here at Sawnee Lake. Through the warm
days of summer at Sawnee Lake highs are ordinarily in the 80's. Through the dark hours of summer temperatures dip down into the 60's. Daytime highs all through the wintertime are in the 40's, and overnight lows in the 20's for Sawnee
Lake. A brilliant close by hotel is Hampton Inn Suites AlpharettaWindward. Lakes? Sure, Cumming Twin Lake Number One is around here.
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Coordinates: Latitude: 34.16667 Longitude: -84.21
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Settingdown Creek, Forsythe CountyCounty, 10 miles away Class III+(IV) - 2.3 miles long (Pooles Mill to GA Route 369) |
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Amicalola Creek, Dawson CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class III-IV - 9.75 miles long (Highway 53 to Kelly Bridge/Etowah River) |
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Big Creek, Fulton CountyCounty, 13 miles away Class I-III(V+) - 2 miles long (Grimes Bridge Road to Vickery Creek Park) |
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| MORE STUFF NEARBY:
Big Creek
 | 12 miles away 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... |
Northridge Lake
 | 13 miles away Northridge Lake is a 30 acre spring fed lake surrounded by a residential community. Canoes, paddleboats, and small sailboats are allowed on the lake.... |
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
 | 13 miles away Please repair the annual pass box at the trail head.... |
Hidden Valley Resort
 | 18 miles away 2 PHOTOS This is a Super Campground, but it might be important for you to know that it is ''clothing optional'' ... you wear as much or as little as you want, but don't be surprised to see people wearing just a smile.? Also, the name as now changed to Paradise Valley Resort.? It is family oriented and there is a daily fee.... |
Simmons Lake
 | 18 miles away My father had a home in the Echo Lake subdivision in the 1960's and the way I remember what happened to Simmons Lake was that that after Lakeside High School was built the earthen dam that held back Simmons Lake broke and that was pretty much the end of the lake. It wasn't repaired. The small lake next to Briarcliff Road was a separate lake that was fed from Simmons lake and in turn fed Echo Lake. This small lake appears from an aerial photograph to have nearly silted in. The culvert under Briarcliff Road from the small lake to Echo Lake was a favorite haunt for chasing snakes and turtles. I remember Echo Lake being dredged in the 1960's. Back then there was little Echo Lake at the other end of Echo Lake and it no longer exists. Little Echo Lake had a concrete dam that failed a couple of times and I suppose was given up on. The homes in Echo Lake subdivision sold in the 20-25K range. This area was a perfect place for my brother and me to spend summers. Dad told me years later that he wouldn't see us until dinner time in the summer because we spent all day doing things around these la... |
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