Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.
The restaurant at Lake Blue Ridge Marina — fried grouper, shrimp tacos, and craft burgers with a lake view, dog-friendly, and weekend live music from local artists.
Visit ↗A family restaurant overlooking the Toccoa River on Aska Road, serving since 1992 — fresh local trout prepared eight different ways. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Visit ↗The only commercial marina on Lake Blue Ridge — pontoon, kayak, canoe, paddleboat, and paddleboard rentals, gas, snacks, and fishing supplies. Closed Saturday and Sunday, open Tuesday through Friday.
Visit ↗A watercraft rental outfitter based in Young Harris that delivers pontoons, ski boats, and waverunners directly to your dock on Lake Blue Ridge — not a physical location on this lake, but a delivery service covering it.
Visit ↗A free public boat launch two miles from the intersection of Highway 76 and Aska Road, also known as Blue Ridge Lake Recreation Area.
A paid boat ramp on the lake's north side in Morganton, with jet ski and boat rentals available on site.
A U.S. Forest Service beach area on the lake's north end — a sandy swim area, picnic tables, a concession stand, and kayak rentals, inside the Chattahoochee National Forest land that borders roughly 80 percent of the lake's shoreline.
Built 1925-1930 by the Toccoa Electric Power Company on the Toccoa River — the largest earthen dam in the Southeast when it went into service in 1931, a 175-foot-high, 1,553-foot-long structure. The Tennessee Valley Authority bought it in 1939 and still operates it today.
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