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 full-service, sit-down restaurant at LaPrade's Marina — lakeside dining on Lake Burton.
Visit ↗The quick-service, waterside counter at LaPrade's Marina — grab-and-go fare for boats pulling up to the dock.
Visit ↗Wood-fired pizza at LaPrade's Marina, alongside the hand-dipped ice cream parlor.
Visit ↗The restaurant at Anchorage Boat Dock — tacos, hot sandwiches, sides, and hand-scooped ice cream, run by the marina's own family.
Visit ↗The only full-service marina on Lake Burton, operating since 1925 and rebuilt in 2008 — boat rentals, storage, wet slips, three restaurants, and an ice cream parlor.
Visit ↗A family-owned marina since 1967 at the head of Timpson Creek on the lake's north end — pontoon, ski boat, and jet ski rentals, a marina store, live bait, and paddleboard rental.
Visit ↗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.
Visit ↗Before Georgia Railway and Electric Company bought it out in 1917, Burton was Rabun County's largest community, with about 200 residents and three general stores. The dam that flooded it was completed in December 1919 and the lake reached full pool in August 1920 — it marked its centennial in 2020.
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 state trout hatchery on Moccasin Creek next to the state park, one of four in Georgia — self-guided tours available daily, with scheduled group tours by request.
Visit ↗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.
An annual Lake Burton Civic Association event at LaPrade's Marina — wooden boats built between 1930 and 1970 moored and open for public viewing, alongside the Civic Association's July 4th fireworks show from Billy Goat Island.
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