Don Carter State Park (Lake Lanier beach)
One of the newest Georgia state parks, with a sandy designated swim beach on Lake Lanier.
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Elijah Clark State Park (Clarks Hill Lake beach)
A designated swim beach on the Georgia side of the large Clarks Hill Lake reservoir.
Fort Yargo State Park (beach)
A close-in North Georgia state park lake with a designated swim beach, popular for day trips.
George T. Bagby State Park (beach, Lake Walter F. George)
A designated swim beach on the large Lake Walter F. George (Lake Eufaula) reservoir near the Alabama border.
Fort Mountain State Park (mountain lake)
A refreshing high-elevation lake atop Fort Mountain near the Cohutta Wilderness, popular after hiking the Gahuti Trail loop.
Vogel State Park (Lake Trahlyta)
One of Georgia’s oldest and most popular state parks, centered on the scenic Lake Trahlyta with a designated swim beach.
Unicoi State Park (Unicoi Lake)
A mountain lake beach just outside the alpine-village town of Helen, within walking/driving distance of Anna Ruby Falls.
Lake Ouachita – Crystal Springs Beach
A clear, clean Army Corps of Engineers swim beach on Lake Ouachita — Arkansas’s largest lake — known for exceptional
Lake Ouachita – Blakely Dam swim area
A popular Lake Ouachita swimming spot near the dam that created the lake, about ten miles northwest of Hot Springs.
DeGray Lake
A reservoir near Arkadelphia known for a unique local snorkeling activity around underwater rock formations near its islands, plus standard