Patios that put out a water bowl without being asked. Trails that don't require leashes when nobody's looking. Breweries with a yard. Beaches off-season.
A Georgia state park on the lake's western shore, with a trout-stocked stream, fishing pier, and campground — the lake's main public day-use and camping access point.
A Georgia Power-operated public beach off Highway 76, near Timpson Creek on the lake's north end — shallow, sandy swimming water with picnic tables and restrooms, the lake's main public swim spot outside the state park.
A roughly 3-mile round-trip trail alongside Moccasin Creek to Hemlock Falls, trailhead on Andersonville Lane across from the state park entrance — one of the more popular waterfall hikes in the north Georgia mountains for its short distance.