Lake Lanier


Lake Lanier lies with its southern border 36 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia, in Dawson, Forsyth, Gwinnett, Hall, and Lumpkin counties. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages Lake Lanier. Lake Lanier covers over 37,000 acres with 692 miles of shoreline, an average depth of 60 feet, and a maximum depth of 160 feet.   More Lake Information

Lake Lanier Camping


River Forks Park

River Forks Park offers a campground that provides 63 campsites with electric and water hookups and a sewer pump-out station. There's also a beach, a boat ramp with parking, lovely picnic sites, and...

Old Federal Day Use Park

Old Federal Day Use Park provides 12 basic tent-only campsites and 65 full-service campsites. For walk-ins, they provide 7 walk-in spots. The campsites are equipped with restrooms/bathhouses, washing...

Sawnee Campground

Sawnee Campground has 11 walk-in campsites without hookups, 5 tent walk-in campsites with water and electric hookups, and 43 campsites with electric and water hookups. A playground, a sand swimming beach,...

Bald Ridge Creek Campground

Bald Ridge Creek Campground provides 82 campsites that are equipped with water and electricity hookups. here is also a dump station, washing facilities, and restrooms/bathhouses in the well-kept park. This...

Shoal Creek Campground

Shoal Creek Campground offers a basic and clean campsite and small RV sites. Boat ramp access is available, as well as forested and lakeside campsites. Camping in a tent is also allowed. The campsites are...

Lake Lanier Marinas


Holiday Marina On Lake Lanier

Holiday Marina On Lake Lanier is the largest and oldest marina on the lake that provides 1300 wet slips that range in length from 22' to 100'. A simple fuel dock, singleton marine service center, singleton...

Gainesville Marina

Gainesville Marina provides public marina access and boat brokers. It offers covered and uncovered slips up to 80' with easy access to docks, 2 bath houses with A/C and heater, huge parking, and many more....

Port of Indecision Marina

Port of Indecision Marina offers covered slips and dry-stack storage. The dry stack storage is available for boats 18 up to 36 ft. To make sure that only boats anchored in the marina have access to the docks,...

Habersham Marina

Habersham Marina provides dry-stack storage that can fit up to 28' long boats and no wider than 8 1/2'. It also has a ship store that has boat coverings, dock lines, fenders, anchors/accessories, and life...

Bald Ridge Marina

Bald Ridge Marina is a full-service marina that now provides 600 wet slips and also offers boat sales, brokerage, restaurant, and fuel docks with 90-octane non-ethanol fuel, diesel, and pump-out stations. For...

Lake Lanier What To Do


That Biscuit Place

A home-style restaurant that serves homemade biscuits every day and Southern breakfast & lunch food. The food is excellent as well as the service. Plus, this restaurant has a clean place.

Sidney's Restaurant

Enjoy an outstanding excellent dining experience in this family-owned restaurant that serves the best ingredients from the farm that creates happy Southern cuisine. Breakfast is also offered here.

Chattahoochee Country Club

Chattahoochee Country Club is situated on 183 acres of gently undulating farmland that offers 18 holes that are open to the public. Two bentgrass practice putting greens, a driving range, a practice area with...

Country Land Golf Course

Country Land Golf Course offers an 18-hole course. The 6,025-yard, par-70/69 parkland-style course has Tiff Dwarf Bermuda greens and Bermuda grass fairways. This is a well-maintained golf course and also one...

Museum of Buford

Learn and explore the story of Buford. There are exhibits to explore, book collections, and lots of preserved photos from the past.

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Lake Lanier Current Weather Alerts

There are no active watches, warnings or advisories.

 

Lake Lanier Weather Forecast

Wednesday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 62

Wednesday Night

Rain Showers

Lo: 51

Thanksgiving Day

Rain Showers Likely

Hi: 64

Thursday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 37

Friday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 51

Friday Night

Clear

Lo: 28

Saturday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 50

Saturday Night

Mostly Clear

Lo: 28


Lake Lanier Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 11/27: 41.78 (-0.22)